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Re: German books available
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:11:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:

A couple things to note:  (1) the message didn't break any of the Discussion
Group Terms & Conditions, and (2) it was, as far as I can tell, pretty well
targeted to the .books and .robotics.rcx groups, and I don't recall (although
I could be wrong) anyone else yet having mentioned that these books existed.

Good points.  Even though I raised my eyebrows (well, maybe half an
eyebrow) at the message, I also realized that the main intent was not to
make money for LUGNET.  But I saw it as a grey-area thingy.

The information was definitely news-worthy.

Personally, I would have excluded .general and included .loc.de in its place,
but even as it was, I don't think the message broke any rules...(did it?).

Not that I could see.

Steve



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  Re: German books available
 
(...) A couple things to note: (1) the message didn't break any of the Discussion Group Terms & Conditions, and (2) it was, as far as I can tell, pretty well targeted to the .books and .robotics.rcx groups, and I don't recall (although I could be (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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