At 2010-08-13 14:09, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Liz wrote:
If a poster wishes to spread a message more widely to the community, they
should be quite free to do so.
That's the thinking that killed any worthwhile Usenet groups once the
internet became available to everyone, sadly destroying a (mostly-)
well-behaved system. If I wanted to hear and participate in endless
discussion about licensing issues, I would subscribe to legal.
Maybe we could have a weekly, or bi-weekly, "legal-talk digest" posted to
the talk list. Written by someone who quietly observes, and perhaps picks
a few exemplary links: "This week on legal-talk: New insights on the
legality of mapping military areas in Russia (link), possible modification
to contributor terms of new license to enhance CC-BY compatibility (link),
and heated discussion about whether Steve Coast's descendants can legally
inerhit the BDFL title (link)."
Excellent. Bullet points once a week to talk would be lightweight enough to
be OK, IMO. People (and I expect there are a ton of us) that don't want to
hear the minutia and flaming that goes on to arrive at consensus (or, more
often, not) don't have to. If/when something significant is agreed upon, it
should be summarized in as unbiased a way as possible and posted to
announce, and people should be reminded to subscribe to announce.
(and I apologize for adding to the noise :) )
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Alan Mintz <[email protected]>
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