Didn't Kirk mention short quotes as okay, with source, back a while ago? Doesn't sound too onerous or restrictive, given the pre-existing conditions for using the list. Now if I was old and cranky like a lot of you on this list, maybe I'd be more annoyed. :-) Doug Lloyd >I greatly appreciate the indepth review of the difficulties of running > chat groups etc.provided by Rich Kulawiec and others. I promise to > buy his book as soon as it comes out. Don't know if I will be able > to understand it. > > None-the-less, the very restrictive publishing rules that govern our > ability to quote from published sources or re-publish, with > attribution, information published by Paddlewise contributors has > often caused me, and perhaps others, to be constantly on "pins > and needles" regarding whether a given post will make it through or > die a silent death in the screen bin. To facilitate getting through, I > usually just post the subject on-line address and invite folks to > "look it up", with out going into what is being looked up. It has often > seemed inordinately easy to get into unnecessary or unjustified > trouble on on this list. This is unfortunate since I think the > international membership and high quality of contributions to this > site are a worthy contribution to the paddling community. Many > Paddlewise subscribers participate in other local chat groups, > making Paddlewise have a truly broad reach to the larger paddling > community. > > Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 30 2009 - 22:38:32 PDT
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