14 Feb
2006
14 Feb
'06
11:43 a.m.
Hans, thank you, I appreciate the support! (And from everyone else here on
cctalk as well -- thank you.)
...Although it has nothing to do with bandwidth or money as far as I'm
concerned. I write for a living, I worked for years on that site, and it's
not "open source" for anyone to copy. The guy who copied it insists he did
so for my own benefit, but it's not anyone else's IP but mine to decide what
to do with, ya know? If I wanted other people's opinions to influence how
it's presented, then I would have posted a wiki instead. I think even
Richard Stallman would understand that. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Franke
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:27 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Bastard plagiarists
Am 14 Feb 2006 14:08 meinte 'Computer Collector Newsletter':
I'm all for linking. In fact, the site is linked
all over the web,
and I love that.
IMHO, no one should need permission to link. If you
put a site on the
public web, then anyone can link to it. The whole point of hypertext,
right?
YES, you nailed it.
There are only two things which are bad:
- copying a whole or partitional site
(maybe with an exception for archiving/searching purpose
and if permission to copy is given)
- and stealing bandwith by using pictures from your site on his own
without copying
Prudent quoting is just as okay-dokey. My problem is
with wholesale
copying.
Well, you'll always have a hard time if someone is wgeting a whole page or
site. Almost no way to chatch easy. At leas it desn't cost you additional
money, as it is the case if he's only copying the text, and stil linking to
your original pictures.
Gruss
H.
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