Date:         Tue, 4 May 2010 10:55:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Wiki: MODS?
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:40 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> IIRC, there were a number of people who objected copying of their
> postings from the List. Someone took to the task of supposedly re-
> writing those postings in their own words  before posting in the wiki.
>
> Please respect intellectual property rights.

And it isn't just the intellectual property question (although that of
course should not be ignored).  It's also the question of reputation.
If you put something on the wiki saying "Bob said you could fix this
with tape", and that's not exactly what Bob said (he might have said
"I once used duct tape to get me over the last few miles, all the
while watching the lights and knowing I had a hose in the bench I
could use if it came on again"), you're hurting his credibility and
reputation.

I got the sense that there was at least as much concern among people
that they not be misquoted/misrepresented as there was that their
intellectual property was being appropriated without their consent
(not that those are mutually exclusive).

I think a good policy on the wiki would be that everyone take
responsibility for the content they write, and put links at the bottom
to the sources they used so that people can check for themselves what
the original/source authors said in other forums.

mike

>
>
> Regards,
>
> BenT
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> On May 4, 2010, at 7:33 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> At 10:28 AM 5/4/2010, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote:
>>>
>>> Mods? There are two parts here: the search for recovered or saved
>>> material, which should be an open request; and the nuts and bolts of
>>> banging the thing back on the air. This latter would be of limited
>>> interest to most.
>>
>> Agreed.  Let's keep the nuts and bolts part open for the rest of
>> today, then take it private.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>