Tom Fine and OSU archive was in a sense re-publishing copyrighted
documents, since my FAQ is copyrighted to me, they have a responsibility
to follow the copyright, and not pretend things were up to date when they
were not. If they ignore my copyright, including they are I believe just as
much in the wrong as those CD-ROM manufactors who sells CDs of my
FAQ material without my permission.
> It was anything but rude. I was kind as I always am and handled him
> with "kit" gloves. I pay taxes in Ohio. OSU is a state supported
> school, but that's not the point. We are all part of a community.
> > efforts to hide my phone numbers from unthinking individuals who have
> > somehow gotten the idea in their heads that because I post a FAQ list or
> > two, I am their personal source of unpaid support. WRONG.
> >
> > I am constantly bombarded by email from people who, despite having no
> > direct realtionship to me, financial or otherwise, insist that I owe them
> > something. I suspect most other people on the list, especially those who've
If the archive caused your grief, because despite your best efforts, it
was making people call you asking why your FAQ hasn't been updated, then
would you complain? By the sounds of it, I'd guess you would.
> If you don't want to contribute to the USENET society, then let someone
> else write the FAQs and don't put yourself in a position where others
> will expect help from you, by offering to take care of something. If
> you do decide to do that, and I hope you don't, have the courtesy to at
> the very least put up an "out of order" sign not to leave folks
> hanging. In any event, I appreciate you taking the time to post.
The OSU was more like photocopies of an out-of-print book in many cases.
Sigh. We must remember, Tom Fine's motives and ideas were of good intent.
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