Re: FTP Sites (Was No Subject)

In article <C7A9Mn.27G@promdist.pds.com> bill@promdist.pds.com (Bill Foote) writes: > >Just curious, but: Would Informix mind if someone downloaded them from >InformixLink and made them available via anon FTP somewhere? Or would >that break some copyright agreement? I have contacted Informix and offered to keep copies of the _Tech_Notes_ examples in the FTP archive I maintain on mathcs.emory.edu. They are considering it. There is a trend to make sample code and answers to problems in publications available on the Net, one notable example being uunet. However, I can see how Informix could consider on-line access to such material as being an incentive to subscribe to InformixLink, and thus not want to release it. I personally feel that Informix would gain more than it would lose by making such files available to the Net. Since _Tech_Notes_ is a copyrighted publication, it will be Informix's call. From what I know of copyright law (not being a lawyer, etc.), copying is copying, regardless of the mechanics. Even a manual transcription of a work is still a "copy." If I do get any files from Informix for the archive, I'll post a notice. Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 128.140.8.1) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648