Text 28696, 103 rader
Skriven 2015-10-16 13:39:44 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.73)
  Kommentar till text 28684 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Saboteur of Fidonews
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16 Oct 15 12:28, you wrote to Lee Lofaso:

 LL>> If Janis wants to create her own newsletter, and ask others to
 LL>> subscribe/unsubscribe to that newsletter, that is fine. However, she
 LL>> is not the editor of the Fidonews.  And the editor of the Fidonews
 LL>> has not given her permission to do what she is doing (or trying to
 LL>> do).

 MV> Not only did she not have the permission of the editor, she did not
 MV> have the permission of the individual authors.

that permission is not needed... especially in light of section 3.1 in policy
and especially in light of the very last sentence of section 5.8...

[quote]
1.3  Definitions

1.3.1  FidoNews

FidoNews is a weekly newsletter distributed in electronic form throughout the
network.  It is an important medium by which FidoNet sysops communicate with
each other.  FidoNews provides a sense of being a community of people with
common interests.  Accordingly, sysops and users are encouraged to contribute
to FidoNews.  Contributions are submitted to node 1:1/1; a file describing
the format to be used is available from 1:1/1 and many other systems.

[...]

3  General Procedures for All Coordinators

3.1  Make Available Difference Files and FidoNews

Any Coordinator is responsible for obtaining and making available, on a
weekly basis, nodelist difference files and FidoNews.

[...]

4  Network Coordinator Procedures
[...]
4.5  Making Available Policies, Nodelists and FidoNews

As a Network Coordinator you should obtain a new issue of FidoNews and a new
nodelist difference file every week from your Regional Coordinator.  The
nodelist difference file is currently made available each Saturday, and
FidoNews is published each Monday.  You must make these files available to
all nodes in the network, and you are encouraged to make them available to
the general public for download.

You should also obtain the most recent versions of the Policy documents that
bind the members of your network, and make those available to the nodes in
your network.  Policies are released at sporadic intervals, so you should
also inform the nodes in your network when such events occur, and ensure the
nodes are generally familiar with the changes.

Policy, FidoNews, and the nodelist are the glue that holds us together.
Without them, we would cease to be a community, and become just another
random collection of bulletin boards.

[...]

5  Regional Coordinator Procedures
[...]
5.8  Making Available Nodelists, Policies, and FidoNews

As a Regional Coordinator, it is your responsibility to obtain the latest
nodelist difference file, network policies, and the latest issues of FidoNews
as they are published, and to make them available to the Network Coordinators
within your region.  The nodelist is posted weekly on Saturday by the Zone
Coordinator, and FidoNews is published weekly on Monday by node 1/1.  Contact
them for more details on how to obtain the latest copies each week.

It is your responsibility to make these available to all Network  Coordina-
tors in your region as soon as is practical after you receive them.  The
method of distribution is left to your discretion.  You are not required to
distribute them to any independent nodes in your region, though you may if
you wish.  You are encouraged to make all these documents available for
downloading by the general public.
[/quote]

 MV> The intellectual property remains with the individual authors of the
 MV> aricles.

the distribution is disemination of the entire news letter resides on the
shoulders of the coordinators and sysops of the network... the general public
is not banned or barred from getting or reading the news letter at all... in
fact, we (fidonet) is encouraged to distribute by any means we see fit...

 MV> Distributing the Fidonews newsletter via e-mail is a new distribution
 MV> that requires renewed permission from the copyright holders.
 MV> Distributing without that permission is a violation of copyright.

wrong... it is a service that she provides via her bbs... she's not the only
one that does this, either... there are numerous others as well...

 MV> Janis is a copyright violator.

you are not a copyright lawyer, either...

)\/(ark

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