From: kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ))
Subject: v01i000: Posting/Submission Policies for BIZ.SCO.SOURCES
Organization: The Rhode Island Internet Systems Cooperative Network
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 17:58:00 GMT


	     BIZ.SCO.SOURCES Postings/Submissions Policies
       Michael P. Deignan (kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net), moderator


INTRODUCTION

BIZ.SCO.SOURCES, is a newsgroup in the BIZ hierarchy created for the
purpose of distributing programs in source-code format for SCO XENIX, 
SCO UNIX, and SCO ODT. 


WHAT TO SUBMIT

Programs that are of general use or interest to many people are good
submissions. Programs that would only be useful to a select group of people
would not be ideal, because of the method of distribution and costs
involved.


HOW TO SUBMIT

Only source-code will be accepted. Programs in binary format should be
submitted for the BIZ.SCO.BINARIES newsgroup (q.v.)

Submissions can be packed with any major archiver, but preferably packed
with TAR and then compressed (.TAR.Z). SHAR files are also acceptable, as
are .ZIP and .ZOO files.

There are two ways to submit, via e-mail or ftp.

By e-mail: The submission should be sent in UUencoded format to the address
"sources@anomaly.sbs.risc.net". Programs which when encoded are larger than 
50k in size should be split and e-mailed as separate parts. the subject of the
submission should be of the form:

	Subject: progname (part XX/XX) description

Where progname should be the program identifier, such as the name of the zoo
or zip file, without the zoo or zip at the end. If there is only one part,
still include the (part XX/XX) section, and use 01 for both of the XX's.
part01 should also contain a good description of the program before the
beginning of uuencoded text.

By ftp: Submissions can be uploaded to anomaly.sbs.risc.net (currently
155.212.2.2), into the directory 'incoming'. Once the transfer is completed,
*immediately* send e-mail to sources@anomaly.sbs.risc.net, explaining what
name the file is and a description of its functionality.


POSTING POLICIES

All submissions not specifically created for a distinct operating system are
tested by several people for functionality on different platforms (testers
always needed! Contact 'kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net' for more information.)
Naturally, not all combinations of hardware and software configurations can
be checked, so it is possible for a posted program not to work in some
cases. 

Use the posted programs at your own risk. Neither the author nor the moderator
accept any responsibility for damage or loss of data resulting from usage of
posted programs.

Anything that is of interest will be posted. Utilities or usually considered
to most useful. Games will be posted as well, but utilities get top billing.

Please make an effort to insure that what you have is the latest version.
Out-of-date programs slow down the process.


PROCESSING

Generally, things are tested in order, the posted in the same order they
arrive. However, some programs may have special requirements which all the
testers might not be able to meet, so testing may be delayed. Updates to
previous programs which had possibly dangerous bugs will go out more
quickly. Extremely important packages, such as virus protection software,
will be posted almost immediately after verification.

All postings will be posted in SHAR format. This will allow most newsreaders
to extract the posting directly into a directory. Notable exceptions would 
be the posting of informational messages on the contents of several SHAR
files to follow, or administrative messages such as this posting.



REPOSTS

Parts will be reposted only if a large number of sites are missing the part
or there was some corruption of the post. Parts will _NOT_ be reposted because
one or two people didn't get it, nor will parts be e-mailed. Sources are
available via ftp from anomaly.sbs.risc.net in directory 'archives'. See the
companion posting on accessing the SCO Software Archive at Anomaly for
further instructions.


QUESTIONS

Questions should be referred to 'kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net'.

This document was adapted from the Postings/Submissions Policies of
COMP.BINARIES.IBM.PC, which has been a highly successful newsgroup
moderated by Brian O'Neill.

Rev 1.1
13 Sep 92
-- 
--  Michael P. Deignan                      / Sex is hereditary. If your 
--  Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com            /  parents never had it, chances 
--    UUCP: ...!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd  /   are you won't either...
-- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347              /
Newsgroups: biz.sco.sources