From jkl@ccl.net Thu Feb 28 11:09:23 1991
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 91 10:49:56 EST
From: jkl@ccl.net
Subject: Policy for Commercial Announcements
To: chemistry@ccl.net
Status: R

Dear 442 participants to this list:

Few weeks ago we posted an inquiry about the policy for commercial postings
on this list. We received many, many answers. My greatest thanks to all who
responded. Since so many of you responded, I will not list your names to keep
this message of reasonable size.
  As you might expect, the comments covered all shades, from white to black,
from: [No, never !]  to  [Yes, I want them], with the majority being:
[Maybe Yes, but...]. This is called democracy and the compromise has to be
reached (i.e. everybody has to be made equally unhappy). Your help in defining
commercial software is greatly appreciated. Finally, we made a decision.

We ask you to send a message to OSCPOST@ccl.net or OSCPOST@OHSTPY.BITNET
    send help from chemistry
since the help file was recently updated with many new features.
The help file will be automatically sent to you via e-mail.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THE POLICY BEFORE YOU POST ANYTHING TO THE LIST !!!

Here is the portion of the help file referring to commercial ads:

 IV. COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
     Commercial Software - software that was sold to anyone for more than
         the cost of handling and documentation (up to few hundreds dollars).

     Commercial Posting - commercial software advertisements posted by the
         people who develop or sell the software. Postings responding
         to user questions, as well as bug reports, requests for comments, and
         tips on efficient software use are not considered commercial
         postings and are highly encouraged. Commercial software reviews or
         evaluations conducted by people not associated with the software
         vendor/developer are also encouraged.

     Rules for Commercial Postings:
           Short (15 lines or less) commercial postings are allowed.
         They should include a straightforward "Subject:" line. Reposts
         are not allowed unless new features/releases become available.
         Please make them informative, since they are useless otherwise.
         Announcements of "vaporware" (software that is not yet working
         or available) are not allowed in any form.
           You can submit commercial postings of any length to list owners
         at chemistry-request@ccl.net or chemistry-request@oscsunb.ccl.net
           List owners will make these available for automatic download
         and will periodically post the index with such announcements.

To enforce these rules we ask you to send "hate mail" to those who will
violate these rules in the future (but PLEASE, DO NOT SEND HATE MAIL TO
THE LIST ITSELF. NO FLAMES ON CHEMISTRY@ccl.net, PLEASE !).
This "law" comes into effect since the moment of announcement.


 List owners:
 David J. Heisterberg (djh@ccl.net, DJH@OHSTPY.BITNET, ph. 614-292-6036)
 Jan K. Labanowski (jkl@ccl.net, JKL@OHSTPY.BITNET, ph. 614-292-9279)
 Ohio Supercomputer Center
 1224 Kinnear Rd
 Columbus, OH 43212-1163
 FAX: 614-292-7168
 












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