> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
... > That you realise that, shows some good sense on your part. You > know the limits > of what you can get away with..... <smile> (This isn't intended > as harsh as it > probably sounds, but I couln't find a better phrasing.) I was known for that as a child... but I hope that in managing the list, I stay quite far from what I *could* do. > Yes, mine for one. I like the brin-l anarchy. It gives > interesting ideas a place > and at times even the strangest voices are heard. I like the anarchy, too, and so for the last few days, after reading one of Erik's posts to this thread, I'm leaning quite heavily toward not having a new policy about copyright. Given any question about a matter, I think it's clear that the community prefers to err on the side of anarchy. And I'm not sure when the addition of list policies might end. > But, Nick, if indeed you can sincerely get into any kind of legal > trouble for > hosting the list as it currently is (without further moderation, further > policies added, etc.) I'd rather have someone else (I believe > Ronn offered > already) take over and run the list somewhere else on a public > domain where the > current anarchy doesn't pose a legal problem for anyone. I don't think there's any such thing, with the possible exception of an old gun platform off the coast of England. (See http://www.sealandgov.com/) > So far I've seen a lot to contradict your statement that this > list isn't owned > but merely managed by you. Unfortunatly I have to stand by my > opinion that for > all present purposes you own the list. Perhaps we still disagree, then. For me, it's something like the idea that I own my copy of "Glory Season," but David Brin owns the intellectual property. Wave the book and ask, "Who owns this book?" The obvious answer is "me," but it is equally true that the answer "David Brin" is correct. The server is mine, but the stuff that passes through it, like the words DB writes, belong to the authors and the community. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
