Mike Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Norbert Bollow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I support the idea of creating an RFC about a simple and yet > > sufficiently powerful and machine-parseable format for communicating > > whatever rules the list-owner wants to be applicable to any given > > list. > > That's an excellent idea, I can think of a variety of rules that could > be promulgated that way, not just archiving policies. Let's do it!
Agreed, let's do it. Please subscribe to the rfc-discuss list at http://maillist.info/mailman/listinfo/rfc-discuss > > Actually I believe that such a responsibility exists only where > > the list-owners want the situation to be different from the default > > that is implied by copyright law, namely: > > OMIGOD, you still believe in the copyright law? :-) Well, IANAL, and from my layperson's perspective it looks like a total mess, but I think it's part of the realities of the environment in which I'm conducting business. Also, copyright law is what gives the copyleft of the GNU GPL its teeth, and that's a very good application of copyright law IMO. Greetings, Norbert. -- Founder & Steering Committee member of http://gnu.org/projects/dotgnu/ Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich, Switzerland) Tel +41 1 972 20 59 Fax +41 1 972 20 69 http://norbert.ch List hosting with GNU Mailman on your own domain name http://cisto.com
