From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 16:36:47 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 61C4716A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:36:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from thingy.apana.org.au (thingy.apana.org.au [203.12.237.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC2543D41 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:36:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fun@thingy.apana.org.au) Received: from fun by thingy.apana.org.au with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CyBsT-0002sd-00 for ; Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:36:45 +1100 Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:36:45 +1100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050207163645.GK21722@thingy.apana.org.au> References: <200502061420.24415.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <849739867.20050207170757@wanadoo.fr> <20050207161015.GH21722@thingy.apana.org.au> <399973539.20050207171622@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <399973539.20050207171622@wanadoo.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: David Gerard 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: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:36:47 -0000 Anthony Atkielski (atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) [050208 03:16]: > David Gerard writes: > DG> That would sorta suck. I know I write my questions and answers with > DG> a view to them being searchable on the web maybe months or years > DG> later, as I know how very grateful I am to those whose archived > DG> words have helped me before. > Having to search an archive of e-mail messages as a substitute for real > support sucks to begin with. I've almost never found anything useful > when searching the archives, and even when I have, it takes longer to > find it in the archives than it does to just ask the question again. I go to a site called google.com and I enter error messages verbatim, and often what comes back is a pile of mailing list posts. They are far superior to nothing. > DG> So it helps the copyright situation, but breaks the usefulness of > DG> any archive. > The copyright situation is an unavoidable legal mandate, not an option. > You cannot defend against an infringement action by saying that > respecting copyright would have been inconvenient for you. Of course. However, I am pointing out that the searchable archive on the web is a fantastically useful thing and worth trying to preserve, not a minor detail not worth considering in the search for a resolution. - d.