Steven Horn wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 SH> Given that the Fidonews originates from Sweden, one could have fun
 SH> drciding which copyright applies,  But there is no doubt that
 SH> copyright does apply to articles published in it as the publication
 SH> itself states, "There is no copyright attached to Fidonews, though
 SH> authors retain rights to their contributed articles."  Had we all
 SH> remembered that, Vlist's statement would not have merited any
 SH> comment.

True enough, but I still think that he placed it there to incite certain people.

 SH> Thr more I see of Fidomet structures, the less impressed I am with
 SH> them.  The selection of the editor of the Fidonews is a case in
 SH> point. Fortunately these structures matter less and less.

No one thought at the time that the editorship would be passed on to
someone who would abuse it and BF wasn't the first one, if memory serves.

 SH> Bob Germer was editor of the Perfect echo for a decade and was
 SH> known to some as the Germ.  Hirshfeld had no AKA that I know of.

Thos names don't ring a bell.  I've been a node since 1991 and can't recall
them.  Sorry.

 SH> As do I but there are not many of those left.

There is this one and COFFEE_KLATSCH.  (-:


Regards,

Roger 
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