Joy E. Hecht wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Julio MacWilliams wrote: > > > Today I saw a message from Paddlewise forwarded to CPAkayaker. > > DID YOU GET THE AUTHOR'S PERMISSION TO DO SO ? > > If it is really an interesting subject for someone outside of the > > list, it might be alright to forward _all_the_postings_in_the_discussion_ > > with _previous_author's_consent_. But forwarding someone's postings > > outside of the list is not only unethical, but might create a lot > > of confusion and trouble. > < snip > > > I'm curious what others think about this "netiquette" rule. It's a gray area. Personally, anything I send to this list I regard as fair game for repeating elsewhere, only because I know the list membership is enormous, and out of my control. So, to protect myself, I withhold my more "pungent" remarks. (I have a pithy tongue! <G>) As a matter of *personal* ethics, however, I do not forward stuff to large forums without the author's permission. I have, however, forwarded excerpts of postings to non-list members, when I though they might be interested, and i do not routinely ask permission for that. Copyrighted material, however, is another matter. Jackie? What does the list maven say? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 17:32:44 PST
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