Jeff Blakeney wrote:
To: Michael J. Mahon On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:12:02 -0700, Michael J. Mahon wrote:Of course, there is a benefit in maintaining some kind of "version control" over anything released, to preserve some consistency. This is sacrificed when copies are made, but that kind of physical diversity is *exactly* what makes the information more durable in the real world.From the messages I've seen you post in this thread I think you are missing a big part of the problem. This isn't just someone putting up a copy of the A2History site. The person who copied it has modified it so that it looks like they wrote it.In my opinion, that is the thing that makes this such a nasty thing to do and I say go to his ISP and have them make him take it down. If he doesn't, they can discontinue his service.
Actually, I think I do understand all the heinous aspects of the case. And I have repeatedly said that I also understand the very negative reactions. I'm just suggesting that the offender may be badly mistaken rather than "evil", and that some communication might set him on the path to providing an authorized mirror as opposed to an unauthorized copy. You never know for sure until you try. Outrage is not always the most productive emotion. ;-) BTW, if the offender persists in "counterfeiting", then I also agree that getting it taken down is reasonable. -michael ******** Note new website URL ******** NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."