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- General Information about the Registry.
-
- The Australian Bulletin Board System Registry (or BBS Registry
- for short) was formed to attempt to resolve the age old problem
- of obsolete Bulletin Board lists. Part of the philosophy of the
- registry is to make it worthwhile for all operators to list their
- system with the registry and to make use of the listings.
-
- One method of making the listings attractive is that the issue of
- the lists is totally regular, on the first monday of each month
- the registry publishes a new version of the listing. This
- listing is clearly marked with the creation date and time and is
- also given a release number (this release number is normally the
- year and month of issue, the January 1987 list would be given a
- release number of 8701).
-
- The idea of providing the files is that they are available to
- anyone, sure there is a copyright notice, but that is to protect
- the viability of the lists not to stop people using them. If you
- make commercial use of the listings at least pay for some of the
- cost of running the registry. Permission is specifically given
- for anyone to use the lists, in any form, so long as
- acknowledgment to the registry is given in the form "List
- published by the Australian BBS Registry" and that the release
- number of the registry is included with your list, easy isn't it.
-
- Most Australian FidoNet systems carry the current list, this is
- because the Network Coordinators of Fido support the idea of
- up-to-date listings, this does not mean the lists are FidoNet
- only, they a FREE TO ANYONE. Look for the listings on your
- favourite system, if they are not there ask you sysop to get them
- for you, otherwise call the state coordinators bulletin board and
- get it from there, or try your nearest FidoNet system. If all
- else fails dial (07) 5426-8557 and get it from me.
-
- Please help eradicate out of date listings, use the registry
- files, and if you find a system that is not listed or has
- inaccurate details advise the registry either by post, through
- one of the coordinators, on BBS_NEWS echomail conference, or by
- leaving a message to James Collins on The Galaxy GateWay.
-
- Thank you for your help.
-