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<h1>Re: Umax spec distribution via ftp</h1>
<b>Joe Nestlerode</b> (<a href="mailto:nestlerode@usa.dupont.com"><i>nestlerode@usa.dupont.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Fri, 23 Jan 1998 06:45:44 -0500</i>
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I'd have to agree with those who advocate discretion. It makes no sense<br>
to jeopardize a valuable source when the specs can be disseminated by<br>
other means. If the source sees that these specs have been put on an<br>
anonymous ftp server, s/he might think twice next time.<br>
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(My $.02)<br>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Rogier Wolff wrote:<br>
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<i>&gt; William T Wilson wrote:</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; I doubt this. Unless you are an authorized representative of this</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; company, or even have reasonable connections of such a type, I will</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; instead follow the instructions of the person who obtained this material,</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; who specifically asked if there was FTP space for it. </i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Right. David has offered space on the "sane" ftp site, but he agrees</i><br>
<i>&gt; with me that we better be sure that they want it published. </i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; The hint that they don't want it published is that they don't give it</i><br>
<i>&gt; out to everybody who asks. There has been quite a while when the state</i><br>
<i>&gt; was "We asked for docs, but all requests got refused or directed to</i><br>
<i>&gt; the bitbucket".</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; The person who obtained this material just might have missed out on</i><br>
<i>&gt; the hints that I've seen. I have no power over you: I cannot threaten</i><br>
<i>&gt; to fire you. So my remark is a friendly remark, to think about what</i><br>
<i>&gt; you're doing, and not put someones elses job (specifically the one</i><br>
<i>&gt; that is able to get us docs we need!) on the line without thinking</i><br>
<i>&gt; about it.</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; Besides, it's not as if I posted it on yahoo, its existence WAS only</i><br>
<i>&gt; &gt; advertised to members of this list.</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Yes, but with the search-engines that exist nowadays, you don't know</i><br>
<i>&gt; who will stumble over your site 24 hours from now. </i><br>
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