Re: Are there any 'official' sites listing authority URLs for FAQs?

Edward Reid (edward@paleo.org)
Tue, 20 Oct 98 22:09:17 -0400

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> The only problem is evil people that grab a copy of your FAQ put it up and
> never both mirroring it for newer versions. You should explicitly state that
> people need to ask for permission prior to doing so. I usually just agree
> and ask the person to mirror it atleast once a month.

I usually say only if they *automatically* mirror it or
pick it off from the Usenet feed. I would not trust myself
to remember to mirror manually, and I see no reason to
trust anyone else -- not when they can so easily link to
the up-to-date copy at rtfm.mit.edu or www.faqs.org.

Edward Reid

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