The Hacker's Encyclopedia 1998/hackers_encyclopedia.iso/hacking/internet/intcens6.txt

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 Subj : Getting Around Usenet Censors (part VI, last part)
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Chapter 5: Further information on references mentioned

5.1 Information on Freenets

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A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it,
is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or per- haps both. Knowledge will
forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must
arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
                                                - James Madison

     These words of James Madison, if anything, are of greater  significance now
then when they were first written.  We, as a so- ciety, are at a point where
whether we are going to live in an "Information Age" is no longer at issue.  We
are.  The only ques- tion which remains is what we are going to do about
it--whether we, as a society, will be able to use this new technology to more
effectively "...arm ourselves with the power which knowledge gives."

     Free-Net (tm) community computer systems offer a significant and innovative
answer  to that question.  They  allow people un- paralleled access to some of
the best services and resources our computerized Information Age has to offer;
and they do it in a way which makes them free to the user--in much the same way
that our public library system, for example, has been free to its patrons for
over 100 years.

     For underlying it all--underlying all the time and effort that has gone
into the development of the Free-Net concept--is one simple fact.  We can not
imagine a 21st Century which does NOT have free public-access community computer
systems, just as our century had the free public library.

     If you agree with that belief; if you agree with us on the sheer
inevitability of public access computing then, please, read on.  This guide is
for you.

                                         Thomas M. Grundner, Ed.D
                                         President
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5.2 Information on Library Policy Statements Archive Access

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* Library Policy Statements

Library Policy Archive
  [part of the Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF) Archive
     [part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Archive]]

This is an on-line collection of library policy statements. It includes the
American Library Association's Freedom To Read statement and the ALA Library
Bill of Rights. (The ALA material is made available by permission of the
American Library Association.)

If you have gopher, the archive is browsable with the command:
  gopher -p1/CAF/library gopher.eff.org

The archive is also accessible via anonymous ftp and email. Ftp to ftp.eff.org
(192.77.172.4). It is in directory "pub/CAF/library". To get the file(s) by
email, send email to [e-mail]. In the body of your note include
the lines:
  connect ftp.eff.org
  cd /pub/CAF/library
  get <filename1>
  get <filename2>

where <filenameX> is the name of a file that you want. File README is a detailed
description of the items in the directory.

For more information, to make contributions, or to report typos contact J.S.
Greenfield ([e-mail]).
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5.3 Information on EFF

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was founded in July of 1990 to ensure
that the principles embodied in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are
protected as new communications technologies emerge.

Since its inception, EFF has worked to shape our nation's communications
infrastructure and the policies that govern it in order to maintain and enhance
First Amendment, privacy and other democratic values. We believe that our
overriding public goal must be the creation of Electronic Democracy, so our work
focuses on the establishment of:

* new laws that protect citizens' basic Constitutional rights as they
  use new communications technologies,

* a policy of common carriage requirements for all network providers
  so that all speech, no matter how controversial, will be carried
  without discrimination,

* a National Public Network where voice, data and video services are
  accessible to all citizens on an equitable and affordable basis, and

* a diversity of communities that enable all citizens to have a voice in
  the information age.
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5.4 Information on the Legal List

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1.1.  PURPOSE AND HISTORY.  The purpose of "The Legal List" is to provide a
consolidated list of all of the law-related resources available on the Internet
and elsewhere.  I have been "on the Internet" since 1984.  I initially learned
about the Internet by looking over the shoulders of my friends and co-workers (I
believe that this is the way most people learn how to navigate the
Internet), and then I began exploring the Internet for myself.  I spent a great
deal of 1992 exploring the Internet in search of law- related resources, because
I wanted to know what law-related resources were available on the Internet.  I
was frustrated that of comprehensive list of such resources did not exist, so I
created my own list.  As I discussed what I had been doing with others, they
began to request copies of my list.  In August, 1992, I released the first
version.  I called this version "beta.4," because it was (and is) a work in
progress.

                          COPYRIGHT NOTICE
                  Copyright (c) 1994 Erik J. Heels
             All rights reserved, except the following:

I.  ELECTRONIC COPYING.  Permission is granted to copy "The Legal List" from one
electronic storage or computer system to another (for example, to an e-mail
server, FTP site, TELNET site, Gopher site, WWW site, WAIS site, USENET
newsgroup, BBS, or any other electronic storage or computer system) provided
that this copyright notice is included with all such copies.  Your are
encouraged to copy and redistribute electronic versions (as described in this
section) of "The Legal List."  If you choose to do so, please subscribe to "The
Legal List" Mailing List ([e-mail], as described
in Section 2.2.1) to minimize the proliferation of old versions of "The Legal
List."  (For example, if you choose to copy "The Legal List" to your Gopher
site, please subscribe to "The Legal List" Mailing List so that you can update
your Gopher site when the next version of "The Legal List" is published.)

II.  OTHER THAN ELECTRONIC COPYING.  Permission is granted to copy "The Legal
List" other than as described in Section I of this notice (including, but not
limited to, printing "The Legal List" or otherwise making paper copies of it)
under the following conditions:  1) This copyright notice must be included with
all such copies.  2) If "The Legal List" is copied other than as described in
Section I of this notice (e.g. if "The Legal List" is printed or photocopied),
the copier must pay $9.17 to the author and must notify the author that "The
Legal List" has been so copied.  Payment must be made in US dollars (check or
money order only, payable to "Erik J. Heels") and mailed to:
     The Legal List
     Attn: Erik J. Heels
     39 Main Street
     Eliot, ME  03903-2234
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======================================================================== Chapter
6: Information on this Faq

"They accused us of suppressing freedom of expression.  This was a lie and we
could not let them publish it."
                    - Nelba Blandon, Interior Ministry Director of
                      Censorship

6.1 Who compiled this faq?

    This faq was compiled by Joseph Gebis ([e-mail]).

6.2 How do I submit additions, comments, and corrections?

    Mail anything to [e-mail].  I also try to read alt.censorship and
related newsgroups, but mailing me is the most certain way to get info to me.

6.3 How do I get the latest version of the faq?

    This faq is posted approximately once a month to alt.censorship,
alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk, alt.internet.services, news.misc, alt.answers, and
news.answers.  It is available through ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, in
/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet/banned-groups-faq.  You can retreive this by
mail by using the ftp-by-mail service mentioned above, or by mailing me
([e-mail]).
    The newest version is available by ftp from my machine
(isr0906.urh.uiuc.edu) when it's up, in /pub/docs.

6.4 What other information do you need?

    Well, anything you have is useful.  Send me comments, opinions, and
especially, legal info.  Also, this information can get out of date; if you
notice anything that is, mail me.
    This document is always growing.  Always feel free to post or send me
information.

6.5 Is there an html version on this faq?

    Not yet.  Any volunteers?  If not, I'll do it eventually.  It's available
plaintext now on the web at
http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/banned.faq.html, but I would like to get a real
html version sooner or later.

6.6 Who are all the wonderful people that added information to the
    faq?

    < Your name here! :) >
    C. Baden ([e-mail])
    Esther Filderman ([e-mail])
    Seth Finkelstein ([e-mail])
    Matthew J Ghio ([e-mail])
    John M. Higgins ([e-mail])
    David Jones ([e-mail])
    David J. Loundy ([e-mail])
    David Milun ([e-mail])
    Christopher K. Neitzert ([e-mail])
    Doug Sewell ([e-mail])
    Aaron Weiss ([e-mail])

6.7 Who else needs to be thanked?

    Ted Faber ([e-mail]), for telling me the John Gilmore quote.
    Matthew Ghio ([e-mail]), for maintaining the anon remailer
information sheet.
    J.S. Greenfield ([e-mail]), for maintaining the EFF archives.
    Carl M. Kadie ([e-mail]), for providing the Computers and Academic
Freedom archive.  Much of the information in this document was submitted by Carl
or derived from some of Carl's work; this document would probably not have been
possible without him.
    Louis Raphael ([e-mail]), for maintaining FSLIST.
    -=Xenon=- ([e-mail]), for posting information on how where to find
out about anon remailers.
    Scott A. Yanoff ([e-mail]), for maintaining the internet
services list.

6.8 References

    1: The Internet Services List, by Scott A. Yanoff
([e-mail]).  This file is available by fingering
[e-mail].
    2: FSLIST, by Louis Raphael ([e-mail]).  This file is
available by anonymous ftp from login.qc.ca in /pub/fslist/FSLISTXX.
    3: Admin/Access List, by Carl M. Kadie ([e-mail]).  This file is
available by anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in /pub/CAF/admin/access.
    4: Info On Anonymous Remailers, by Matthew Ghio
([e-mail]).  This file is available by mailing
[e-mail], or by fingering
[e-mail].
    5: REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES AFFECTING ACCESS TO LIBRARY
RESOURCES AND SERVICES: An Interpretation of the LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS, by the
American Library Association.  This file is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp.eff.org in /pub/CAF/library/access.policies.ala.
    6: The Library Bill of Rights, by the American Library Association. This
file is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in
/pub/CAF/library/bill-of-.ala.
    7: The Librarian Code of Ethics, from Intellectual Freedom Manual, by the
American Library Association.  This file is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp.eff.org in /pub/CAF/library/ethics.ala.
    8: A Code of Ethics for Information Scientists, from Bulletin of the
American Society for Information Science (August/September 1990).  This file is
available by anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in
/pub/CAF/library/ethics.asis.
    9: What is a libary?, by Carl M. Kadie ([e-mail]).  This file is
available by anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in
/pub/CAF/library/library-netnews-analogy.
    10: "Sex and the Single Sysadmin", by Mike Godwin
([e-mail]).  This file is available by anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in
/pub/Publications/Mike_Godwin/obscene.IW.
    11: CAF Access Info.  This file is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp.eff.org in /pub/CAF/README.
    12: The Legal List, by Erik J. Heels
([e-mail]).  This file is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp.midnight.com in /pub/LegalList/legallist.txt.
    13: Freenet Information, by Thomas M. Grundner.
    14: Library Policy Archive Access Information.  This file is available by
anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org in /pub/CAF/library/README.
    15: EFF Introductory Information.  This file is available by anonymous ftp
from ftp.eff.org in /pub/about.eff.

6.9 Disclaimer

    This article is Copyright 1994 by Joseph Gebis.  It may be freely
redistributed in its entirety provided that this notice, and the author's name,
is not removed.  It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial
documents without the written permission of the copyright holder.  Permission is
expressly granted for this document to be made available for file transfer from
installations offering unrestricted anonymous file transfer on the Internet.
This document is provided as is without any express or implied warranty.
Nothing in this article represents the views of the Univeristy of Illinois or
any other organization.

----
Joseph Gebis   [e-mail]   http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/home.html

[that's it, please contact the relevant people named above for more info.  I'm
just passing this info along.  I have no personal connection or even expertise
in this field, other than some tinkering on my own.]