Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:49:19 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: favor Message-ID: <20050209114919.GR8619@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEFBFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20050209053242.GL8619@alzatex.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEFBFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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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
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