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Re: Don't steal things from other web sites
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 7 Feb 1999 06:40:27 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > > > Should he have re-written it in his own words, or
> > > > paraphrased it?
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> > Probably, yes. Or asked for permission from the author, and noted at the
> > bottom of the posting that permission was duly obtained.
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> Hrmmmm.
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> I can definitely see a complete 100% copy and paste really calling for
> this, especially since they were "original" descriptions, not just
> facts.
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> Gotta wonder, though, how many people really bother with this, and if
> everyone did,
I wonder too. I think it definitely slows the spread of information.
Still, I don't believe that the ends don't justify the means; and getting
permission first probably only slows things by a very small percentage
overall.
> how much less useful information would be spread around
> to people looking for it.
Then again, think how much less useless information would be spread around
as well! (All those silly self-propagating e-mail-viruses hoaxes and cookie
recipes, etc. :-)
--Todd
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| (...) Hrmmmm. I can definitely see a complete 100% copy and paste really calling for this, especially since they were "original" descriptions, not just facts. Gotta wonder, though, how many people really bother with this, and if everyone did, how (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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