[310] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: one commercial site's interpretation of NSFNET restrictions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Wed Mar 6 14:01:49 1991
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 91 13:45:38 -0500
To: jbvb@ftp.com
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>, com-priv@uu.psi.com
FTP Software crosses that particular boundary, with the expectation
that we might catch some heat for it. Our attitude is that we're in a
gray area, but we think we're good Internet citizens acting in good
faith, and that Truth, Justice and The American Way will triumph in the
end. However, there certainly is some exposure to being told to stop
or even being penalized by an Authority of some sort, and it's legitimate
for a company to chose not to accept that sort of risk.
James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880
FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901
for everyones information, steve wolf and i excahnged mail about this (about
1 year ago?). we came to the decision that fielding bug fixes was within
the guidlines because getting bug fixes tested and deployed helped to make
the software that research and universities used more robust.
