Re: FTP Sites (Was No Subject)

walt@mathcs.emory.edu (Walt Hultgren {rmy}) writes: : 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. : In my last communication with Informix UK on the subject of InformixLink, I suggested their prices were too high. They said a lot of this was due to the charges they had to pay their current service privider. I suggested, therefore, that they run an InformixLink computer system on the 'Net and insinuated that this need not mean they had to provide free access to the information, but cheaper access than at present. The last reply I had to this was that they were taking it up with the US. Nothing has been forthcoming since, perhaps we're waiting for the current contract with GE Info. systems to expire, or perhaps they don't think this is a good idea. Regards Neil -- Neil S. Briscoe Telephone: +44 252 376737 System Administrator Fax: +44 252 376644 Email: neil@salmon.demon.co.uk nbriscoe@cix.compulink.co.uk