Re: FAQ Redistribution policy

Perry Rovers (perry@garfield.hacktic.nl)
Sun, 24 Jul 1994 12:21:15

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[Me:]
> > Maybe it's time for some standard rtfm.mit.edu policy on the distribution/
> > publication of FAQs that applies to the mirrors as well?
>
> I think this is necessary. The interesting point is *how* this policy
> should look like, and how to get the many FAQ maintainters to agree on
> this ;-)
Well, that's what this list is for isn't it? ;-)
Basically, the thing that's most needed (IMHO) is a uniform guideline on
mirroring rtfm.mit.edu and/or distributing it in other forms.
Any faq maintainer can maintain their own copyright etc. but it might
be a good idea to extend the guidelines for posting to news.answers
(to which we all stick already) to include a part about redistribution
(isn't there something in there already?) just like e.g. SimTel does
in their uploadpolicy ('you agree to let your file be made available
on cd-rom's of the archive... etc.').
Maybe the rtfm admins can ask Keith Petersen what SimTel's policy
looks like.

BTW I use /fack/ on Usenet and F-A-Q in real life when people don't
understand /fack/.

-- Perry Rovers

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