From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 11:49:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ABA016A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:49:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC0243D2D for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:49:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j19BnMGf021385 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:49:22 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id j19BnJXs021383; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:49:19 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:49:19 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20050209114919.GR8619@alzatex.com> References: <20050209053242.GL8619@alzatex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: "Loren M. Lang" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: favor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:49:32 -0000 On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 11:06:13PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Loren M. Lang > > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:33 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: favor > > > > > > What if I wanted to put up a page of emails that I wrote and sent to, > > say, the freebsd questions mailing list. Since they are > > replies to other > > peoples emails, it includes bits of what they wrote, but it may be > > relavent to understanding my reply. Now, of course I'll remove all > > headers and mangle all email addresses, but, since it includes their > > ideas, can I still post it on a website for others to read who may be > > having the same problems? > > > > This is called making a collection, and strictly you are supposed to > get permission from each person to include what they say. > > However, in this case, it is most likely each person is just repeating > to your answer some response they heard from someone else, or got from > a manual, or some such. For example you post asking for an example of > a /etc/printcap and someone replies - while technically that's his > copyrighted material, if he simply copies an example already in the > /etc/printcap file with a few explanations, it's not his copyrighted > material since it belongs to the BSD copyight - except that the > BSD copyright allows you to do this.... Actually, I was referring more to the idea of posting my responces to other people questions. For instance, I recently posted several responces for the thread about xhost and x authentication explaining in detail how x auth works. Now if questions come up again here or elsewhere, I don't want to have to repost everything I wrote, just refer to a url. Some of it I do plan to rewrite, but I haven't had time to rewrite all the emails I think would be useful to post. Since there usually available in some form in an archive, I thought it would be convient to just archive them on my site as well. All the emails are ones that I've sent, but include quoted text from the original email. > > It is far better to simply rewrite the responses that you get, besides > making them more cohesive and easier to understand, when you do this > you avoid the copyright issue. Ideas cannot be copyrighted - > for example I can see a SpongeBob Squarepants cartoon where the > Sponge gets flushed and jams the crapper - I can then write a story about > a talking toilet brush that gets flushed and jams the crapper - no > infringement there. That is after all how 99% of television writing is > done today. Ideas can be patented though and images can be trademarked. > So I best make sure the toilet brush in my story doesen't look yellow, > spongey and square. > > Ted -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C