On 11/23/2013 05:01 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: > There is a legal mechanism to deal with this which protects both the > copyright holder and the host. Please can we talk about supercomputers > again because this "issue" is_EXTREMELY_ boring.
Great points Andrew, and I'll /strongly/ +1 this with a few caveats: 1. We can't just move past this entirely without doing something, else this will inevitably come up again. Chris has set forth a rule, which I'll abide by, despite it being a little too broad IMHO (I personally have zero problem with people taking whole articles of my own and reposting them provided they aren't from copyrighted sources). 2. I still claim it will be entirely absurd to punish future members with moderation without a rule list that they receive upon signing up with the list (easy to achieve with a simple link and a page). If somebody wants me to draft a set of rules to put my time where my mouth is, I'll be happy to do so, and will use existing etiquette rules as a model. 3. While I think Joe might be taking a slightly more authoritarian tact to handling this than I would have, I agree Eugen and/or anyone else shouldn't be posting whole articles. This said, I definitely do not want to lose either to moderation as both bring great things to this list. Particularly in defense of Eugen, this list has grown quiet for long periods in the past, and Eugen has a knack for posting insightful articles that rekindle conversation. It would be ideal if we could keep that good quality of his, while moving to a more "summary + link" format. Best, ellis -- Ph.D. Candidate Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University www.ellisv3.com _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
