Re: New FAQ sites? (was Re: Nathan does it again!)

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <01bccfae$ff9141a0$53a320cc@timesink>, "matthew p. conte"
<spam@somebody.else> wrote:

> Sheldon Simms <sheldon@atlcom.net> wrote:
> > Are you claiming that the FAQ that Nathan wrote is in fact public
> property
> > rather than the property of Nathan Mates? What an interesting concept.
> > If that is true then I suppose that it would be perfectly fine for me
> > to set up a site to distribute the full text of all my favorite novels
> > freely to the public.
> 
> if the FAQ maintainer of comp.sys.apple2 decides to withhold the
> information from certain people, he should not be forced to make it public
> property.
> 
> he should, however, step down as the FAQ maintainer.

As far as I know (and I could be wrong), there is no organization that
officially sanctions the c.s.a2 FAQ and ordains any particular person
to write it. Anyone who wants to write and provide a FAQ may.

What I am saying is that to copy what Nathan has written and make it
available elsewhere without his permission is not right. If you or anyone
else wants to write your own FAQ then go ahead. In fact, I hope you do.
I think FAQs should be freely available to anybody, but I don't think
that Nathan is under any obligation to refrain from restricting his
web page.

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