At 10:43 AM 2/13/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
That's easy for you to say, Ronn. I wonder if you'd have the same opinion if you ran your own business and also hosted the Brin-L list on your own machine, thus exposing yourself to possible lawsuits, frivolous or otherwise.
I don't have a machine capable of doing so, so that would not be a consideration.
I have, however, considered offering to set up and manage Brin-L on one of the publicly-available servers (but not Yahoo!) if it came down to someone having to do that to prevent the list from going away entirely. I am absolutely _not_ saying that I have any desire to be list manager, just that I would consider doing that rather than seeing the list end.
And perhaps you misinterpreted my "rant": I was saying "Let's all get off Nick's back and off everyone else's and start behaving like friends again instead of fighting and making threats." And as far as the issue of copyright of individual messages goes, everyone here who posts regularly has been on-line long enough to know that if you don't want something possibly made public at some future time, don't send it as e-mail, period, if for no other reason than because (at least in the US) e-mail archives can be subpoenaed in court cases.
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-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.
(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)
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