Re: FAQ Redistribution policy

Thomas A Fine (fine@cis.ohio-state.edu)
Tue, 16 Aug 1994 13:39:41 -0400

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>Personally, I would like a policy along the lines of "you can
>redistribute it freely provided you
>- don't change the text in any way,
>- include the author's/maintainer's name and email address,
>- include the posting date and Message-ID,
>- include the complete aux. header
>(the last two for reference purposes, esp. for telling how outdated a
>version you got...)
>- include a reference to rtfm.mit.edu and news.answers.
>
>(The WWWized FAQ archive at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/
>faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html misses the first three points by starting
>just with the aux. header and reformatting the text into HTML. I'm not
>sure if this is already to be considered damage.)

I do try to leave the text the same as much as possible. I may cut
some articles into separate pieces, but the text should remain the
same, with the same formatting and everything.

I can make changes to the output format of the HTML FAQs if desired.
I've been making several improvements lately anyway. Is there an
overwhelming desire to include the entire header, or just part of it
(like email and date) I can do that. I've avoided the email in the
past because first, I assume the maintainer will include their email
address in the text if they want email, and second because some FAQs
are maintained by a group of people, and/or perhaps not even by the
same person who posts the FAQ. Opinions?

tom

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