Please elaborate the other half.
You wrote <9401141531.AA20570@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>:
> Let's take a simple case: someone takes a posted FAQ, strips off the
> author attribution, strips off the pointers to how to get a current
> copy, and reposts it. There's no profit involved, but I think that
> most of us here would be upset by this.
> ...
> Similarly, most FAQ maintainers get upset when someone reposts an old
> version of a FAQ, especially if the original posting date isn't
> included. It disseminates outdated information ...
> ...
> Money aside, there's a basic principle that the author of a work, like
> the parent of a child, retains control over what is done with it.
Well, I think the easiest way to keep some control over the FAQs is
to constitute an Association. For example, here in Italy there's a lot
of people making money from shareware, and I know of at least other 3
european countryes where this is possible. Not legal, but possible,
because there's nobody with the right to stop such a thing. The only
persons who could are the author, or an Association with the author's
power of attorney.
-- Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 <piero@strider.st.dsi.unimi.it> I 20136 Milano - ITALY
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