[Info-vax] Google Groups unresponsive (was: Re: fortran compiler roadmap?)

[Paul Sture]

In article <atfjkhFp04dU1 at mid.individual.net>,
 bill at server1.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

> In article <nospam-40E4F5.13103520042013 at news.chingola.ch>,
> 	Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> > In article <kkr9vh$teb$1 at lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>,
> >  m.kraemer at gsi.de (Michael Kraemer) wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <nospam-EECE63.13181719042013 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture
> >> <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks but I was trying to use Google Groups for searching old messages, 
> >> > not for reading and posting.
> >>  
> >> Still no alternative for accessing 1990's usenet?
> > 
> > Not any that I know of.  I have more than once toyed with the idea of 
> > keeping copies of the newsgroups I am interested in, but the last time I 
> > looked at terms and conditions for news providers they seemed to 
> > prohibit republishing.
> 
> Considering the very nature of USENET News I find that rather hard to
> believe.  NewsServerA sends articles to NewServerB who further floods
> them to NewsServerC, NewsServerD, NewsServerE and NewsServerF. Repeat
> ad infinitum at each server.

Here's what news.individual has to say

http://www.individual.net/rules.php

"Redistribution of News Articles
Messages downloaded from this server may not be redistributed to third 
parties (i.e. you may not set up things like a news server, proxy or 
gateway using your account). Both the distribution to family members and 
passing on single articles are excluded from this restriction. Any other 
exceptions need explicit and prior approval by us."

Though I don't see any restriction in the Eternal September Terms of Use:

http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=terms

-- 
Paul Sture