Posted by John Bokma on 12/24/64 11:26

"Barbara de Zoete" <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:04:11 GMT, Leif K-Brooks
> <eurleif@ecritters.biz> wrote:
>
>> Barbara de Zoete wrote:
>>> Besides this being off-topic: Does Google have the authors
>>> permission [to archive their Usenet messages]?
>>
>> Implicit permission, yes.
>
> To archive, although I'm never to fond of 'opt-out'. To archive. Not
> to reuse in some goofey interface such as Google Groups, as if it was
> the next great Google invention.

It isn't. It was deja news. And what's the point of an archive if you can't
access it? Moreover, are there restrictions on how one makes an interface
to an archive?

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