>I agree that this is, at the very least, a gray area. But what if the
>items for sale are hard to find, and providing a way to order them is a
>service to readers of the FAQ? If the maintainer gets paid for the
>service, of course, that could be a conflict of interest.
Yes, I think this is a tricky area. I am maintaining the FAQ for
classical online CD stores which I started when I realised that in
rec.music.classical.recordings the question about which one is the
best store was being posted virtually every day.
My FAQ lists a lot of (commercial) stores, however, I do not profit
from any of their sales. Mind you, I also got some unsolicited mail
about affiliated programs. But I only want to provide a service to
the readers of rmcr, not make money out of it. And the fact that my
FAQ is mainly a link to commercial site does not make me feel guilty.
After all, it is the purpose of my document.
Paolo
--- Paolo G. Cordone pamolo@indigo.ie http://indigo.ie/~pamolo/
"Windows 95: n. 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to a 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition."
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