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Re: PGP in FIDO



Perry E. Metzger wrote:

# Mike Godwin will have to confirm this, but to my knowledge Common
# Carrier is NOT a status you have to apply for. UUNET operates as a
# common carrier and has never registered with anyone.

Well, we won't really know until the legal beagles deliver their opinions
(and perhaps not even then, if they disagree.)  What I wonder is, what does
the phrase "operates as a common carrier" mean?  Who has to grant you that
status before it has any meaning as a legal protection?

Bob
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