[ih] Fw: Free Speech and ARPAnet?

[Nigel Roberts]

It was very clear that when I connected to the ARPA net in 1978, first 
of all from the Post Office experimental X.25 network (EPSS) and then 
later from work at DEC, that there were particularl restrictions.

Specifically, I always understood there was a strict "no business use on 
the net" policy, though I hesitate to say there was a definitive 
statement I could point to. This, of course, completely contradicts the 
idea of ARPAnet == 'free speech', no matter what revisionist histories 
might say today.

I'm more with the viewpoint previously expressed, that the freebooting 
nature of the Internet was imported more from Usenet than the ARPAnet.



On 07/19/2015 12:46 PM, Vint Cerf wrote:
> The Haubens had a particular slant on ARPANET and Internet and no facts
> were allowed to get in the way.
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> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
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>>   Alex McKenzie writes:
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>>   > There is a book by Hauben & Hauben, the title includes the word
>> "Netizens",
>>   >  which as I recall deals with free speech issues in the "early days".
>>   >
>>   > Maybe this will help,Alex McKenzie
>>
>> When I got interviewed for this by both Haubens they where they
>> were already convinced that ARPA was all about "Free Speech" etc.
>> and stating that that was not the reason I got involved ws waved
>> away.
>>
>>          jaap
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