Michael Madigan wrote: > Maybe it is a personal vendetta, but so what? Would > you like your enemy to be republishing your work > "illegally". Illegally is in quotes because I have no > idea whether it is or not. > > What if you found one of your customers reselling your > software? >
If the one party has misrepresented the other party, then they need to apologize and make it right. There's really nothing to see here...it's old information that as Ed said probably isn't terribly worth much, and if given in a community effort with some sort of contract stating they retain ownership and as such have a say in any reprints, then fine, there's a point to said party having an objection. However, I again go back to Ed's statement--not the part of personal vendetta so much as the value proposition. This is a lot of wasted, negative energy on something that is really no big deal. It all comes down to the contract signed, and who owns the rights to said material. I doubt whether inclusion of that material is even going to register a blip on anyone's radar. Is someone going to say "Oh wait....I don't see <insert author's name here> material. Where is it?" Perhaps...but there are so many good people who have contributed to the community that the lone or lesser holdouts really don't matter. I know I know....it's the *principal* of the thing. Yeah....well there ya go. Kudos for anyone who takes the time and energy (and has it to waste) for something so not-a-big-deal. If someone else was selling an author's book or software, that's certainly much different to me than selling someone's little tips/tricks articles. I wrote 2 tips for FPA and I never cared less about them being reprinted any number of times. I'm happy to help anyone, any time, with such little effort. "Nothing to see here....please disperse." _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
