[1681] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The WEIS/AUPPERLE letter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Wasley)
Tue Dec 10 14:41:33 1991
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 91 08:32:16 PST
From: dlw@violet.berkeley.edu (David Wasley)
To: alison@oar.net, geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us, steve@ncri.cise.nsf.gov
Cc: co+re@ans.net, com-priv@psi.com, farber@cis.upenn.edu, members@farnet.org,
I don't think Steve's recent example, Dialogue, is very definitive
since 'information service for a fee' has been available from a
number of sources, quite openly, on the Internet for years.
It is certainly seen as "in support of R&E ..."
Steve,
Has NSF published a more recent and definitive statement regarding
this distinction (the dread "commercial" vs the favoured "R&E")?
Put another way, what is the heart of the policy issue at stake here?
David Wasley
U C Berkeley & BARRNet
