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The FAQ needs a major update
thelizman wrote:
sancho wrote: have we heard back from ian on whether he gave his okay for this? I have had quite a bit of contact with Ian the last week. He's responded in kind to every one of my e-mails. He has made it clear that he has only ever given permission to one person to reproduce the FAQ - thats Eddie Runner (which to the best of my knowledge, Eddie hasn't done so). Ian's viewpoint on this is that there's 'not alot he can do to stop [the plagiarism of his FAQ]'. I can understand completely - this community relies on people with ethics and morals to maintain its standards. I'm a little more visceral, however. Mobileaudio.com has a clear copyright statement, as well as a clear distribution statement for the FAQ. I am going to propose to Ian that he copyright the FAQ under the Creative Commons Copyright which best fits the current model so that preserving the sanctity of the FAQ is enforcable by simply contacting the offenders ISP. I'll speak for myself here. I have received lots of requests to duplicate the FAQ. I almost always reply with my standard reply: Please do not create copies extra copies of the FAQ on your website, but instead create a link to the official location. This helps to prevent confusion, ensures that the FAQ remains objective, and helps prevent the document from forking. I can't prevent other people from making copies of the FAQ -- and as long as the FAQ remains unaltered and includes the notices in Section 0, then I don't really care (even though I discourage this). I _do_ mind when people copy the FAQ (either in part or in its entirety), and either remove the notices at the beginning of the document, don't provide proper attribution, etc. Some sites have done this, and many have stopped after I reminded them of the problem. Others have continued to violate the terms in the FAQ. With regard to mobileaudio.com and the FAQ: Although the FAQ is hosted on my site, mobileaudio.com, it is certainly not my property. It belongs to its authors and the rec.audio.car community. As such, the notice at the beginning of the FAQ supersedes the mobileaudio.com copyright. Thanks - Ian Bjorhovde rec.audio.car FAQ Maintainer -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |