CALL FOR DISCUSSION: TIBS/bionet.journals.letters.tibs

[patterson at frodo.mgh.harvard.edu]

> >It appears that .tibs is to be the first of many bionet.journals.letters.* 
> >groups; how many, where will this end?  It all strikes me as a poor idea, 
> >creating an exclusivity of readership and quite different to the prof 
> >society groups.

I wonder if there is a need for moderation of this group at all, and why the
publisher of TIBS need be involved.  If we want a discussion group of TIBS,
or cell, or any other journal, why not just create one.  Are there copyright
or other legal issues that would prevent this?

-- 
Garth I. Patterson
Dept. Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital