Daniel, Here is what the FidoNet nodelist has to say about this. Attached is the header of the file, containing the copyright. The RIPE database too like the FidoNet nodelist is a compilation of segments, contributed by each Coordinator (NCC, NIC, naming authority). Maybe some simmilar text can go with the RIPE database as well? Best Regards from Bulgaria, Daniel /* the other one :) */ === nodelist.hdr === ;A FidoNet Nodelist for Friday, August 14, 1992 -- Day number 227 : 35636 ;A ;A The FidoNet(r) NodeList, a listing of the systems within FidoNet. ;A ;A Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved except for the following: ;A ;A .. The FidoNet NodeList is compiled so that computer systems within FidoNet ;A may communicate with each other. Use and intra-FidoNet distribution ;A rights are granted to all FidoNet system operators for the purposes of ;A communication within FidoNet or applying for a FidoNet node number. ;A ;A .. This is a compilation of individual nodelist segments contributed by the ;A drafters and compilers of those segments. Contribution of these segments ;A to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the contributors. ;A ;A Other use without express written consent is forbidden. For other use, ;A please contact Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA. ;A ;A Fido(r), FidoNet(r), and the dog with diskette are registered marks of Tom ;A Jennings and Fido Software. === end nodelist.hdr ===