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Despite what the message says, I think it is appropriate and worthwile to forward it here... :) >Return-Path: <his.com!tom> >From: tom@hi*.co* >Organization: Heller Information Services, Inc. >Date: Thu, 03 Aug 95 09:31:45 >Subject: DC-SCUBA AND COPYRIGHT >To: mdufour@ca*.or* >Reply-To: dc-scuba@hi*.co* >Errors-To: sysop@hi*.co* > >dc-scuba folks: > >As some of you have seen, there's a spirited discussion on the techdiver >mailing list regarding the ownership/domain of list postings. Apparently, >Aquacorps has been using material from the techdiver list in their publication. > >Just so everybody knows--as far as I'm concerned, dc-scuba is a "private" >mailing list, and anything published to the list remains the property of the >author unless he/she explicitly releases the rights. List postings do go >into an archive at the dc-scuba web site, but are not otherwise reposted or >published without the author's permission. This is in keeping with most US >copyright law (the country of publication), as well as my own feelings about >intellectual property. This also applies to anything submitted for posting >on the web page, including photos or other graphic images. I do put a >copyright notice on the archive, but that applies only to the archive as a >whole, not the individual postings. If you ever see something on the web >page that you think is not properly attributed, please let me know and I'll >fix it as quick as I can. > >One note about the archive: while I try to keep postings intact, I do some >minor editing to keep the files manageable. Specifically, I delete most >header lines, and if the post has an extensive quotation, I usually delete >part or all of it. Since the archive is one continuous file (by month), the >references are usually clear. I also delete (when I see them) any home >telephone numbers, addresses, or other personal information which is >probably better not left on the web for all the world to see. > >I realize that this is not a burning issue, but some folks seem to get >pretty animated about it, so I thought I'd post a policy and have done with >it. > >Now, when do we go diving? > >Regards & Dive Safe, > >Tom Rettie >dc-scuba list manager > > > > -- ============================================================ -- I prefer to give a bit of my liberty to an elected government rather than to unelected corporations with solely economic agendas. *** Marc Dufour - [\] ACUC 6 31874 - http://WWW.CAM.ORG/~mdufour ***
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