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From: [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
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Subject: Changes to A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
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  Original-author: [e-mail] (Chuq Von Rospach)
! Last-change: 5 May 1992 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)

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  Original-author: [e-mail] (Chuq Von Rospach)
! Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by [e-mail] (Gene Spafford)

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!   This document is not intended to teach you how to use USENET.  Instead, it
!   is a guide to using it politely, effectively and efficiently.
!   Communication by computer is new to almost everybody, and there are
!   certain aspects that can make it a frustrating experience until you get
!   used to them.  This document should help you avoid the worst traps.

!   The easiest way to learn how to use USENET is to watch how others use it.
!   Start reading the news and try to figure out what people are doing and
!   why.  After a couple of weeks you will start understanding why certain
!   things are done and what things shouldn't be done.  There are documents
!   available describing the technical details of how to use the software.
!   These are different depending on which programs you use to access the
!   news.  You can get copies of these from your system administrator.  If you
!   do not know who that person is, they can be contacted on most systems by
!   mailing to account "usenet".

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!   This document is not intended to teach you how to use USENET.
!   Instead, it is a guide to using it politely, effectively and
!   efficiently.  Communication by computer is new to almost everybody,
!   and there are certain aspects that can make it a frustrating
!   experience until you get used to them.  This document should help
!   you avoid the worst traps.

!   The easiest way to learn how to use USENET is to watch how others
!   use it.  Start reading the news and try to figure out what people
!   are doing and why.  After a couple of weeks you will start
!   understanding why certain things are done and what things shouldn't
!   be done.  There are documents available describing the technical
!   details of how to use the software.  These are different depending
!   on which programs you use to access the news.  You can get copies of
!   these from your system administrator.  If you do not know who that
!   person is, they can be contacted on most systems by mailing to
!   account "usenet".

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!   Please remember -- you read netnews; so do as many as 2,500,000 other
    people.  This group quite possibly includes your boss, your friend's
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!   Please remember -- you read netnews; so do as many as 3,000,000 other
    people.  This group quite possibly includes your boss, your friend's
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    there are arguments for both sides of the issue. Now that the US has
!   ratified the Berne convention, the issue is even murkier.  For all
!   practical purposes, though, assume that you effectively give up the
!   copyright if you don't put in a notice.  Of course, the
!   *information* becomes public, so you mustn't post trade secrets that
!   way.  When posting material to the network, keep in mind that
!   material that is UNIX-related may be restricted by the license you
!   or your company signed with AT&T and be careful not to violate it.
!   You should also be aware that posting movie reviews, song lyrics, or
    anything else published under a copyright could cause you, your
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    there are arguments for both sides of the issue. Now that the US has
!   ratified the Berne convention, the issue is even murkier (if you are
!   a poster in the US).  For all practical purposes, though, assume
!   that you effectively give up the copyright if you don't put in a
!   notice.  Of course, the *information* becomes public, so you mustn't
!   post trade secrets that way.
!
!   When posting material to the network, keep in mind that material
!   that is UNIX-related may be restricted by the license you or your
!   company signed with AT&T and be careful not to violate it.  You
!   should also be aware that posting movie reviews, song lyrics, or
    anything else published under a copyright could cause you, your
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! (*)UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.

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! (*)UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories.

--
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  [e-mail]    phone:  [phone]