Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 3/23/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Posting object code to net.sources Message-ID: <228@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 21:08:24 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.228 Posted: Thu Aug 9 21:08:24 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 03:05:27 EDT References: <1604@sun.uucp> <466@turtlevax.UUCP>, <890@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 14 I agree completely with Steve Dyer: just because something is in binary form is no reason not to post it. Of course, we'd prefer you post source if that's possible. Placing a binary into the public domain is kind of silly because the users are dependent upon the author for support, and the author isn't going to appreciate lots of requests for support. But if the binary is all you have, and the author doesn't mind, or the compiler is hard to come by, there's nothing wrong with posting the binary. I do caution you that only things that are of overall benefit to the net should be posted. If it's pretty obscure but very small, no problem. But I'd hate to see someone post the entire list of bets placed in last week's Ohio Lotto, which is both huge and of limited use. Mark Horton