Policy for Commercial Announcements



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 -AatT- ccl.net or OSCPOST -AatT-
 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 -AatT- ccl.net or chemistry-request -AatT-
 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 -AatT- ccl.net, PLEASE !).
 This "law" comes into effect since the moment of announcement.
  List owners:
  David J. Heisterberg (djh -AatT- ccl.net, DJH -AatT- OHSTPY.BITNET, ph.
 614-292-6036)
  Jan K. Labanowski (jkl -AatT- ccl.net, JKL -AatT- OHSTPY.BITNET, ph.
 614-292-9279)
  Ohio Supercomputer Center
  1224 Kinnear Rd
  Columbus, OH 43212-1163
  FAX: 614-292-7168
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