Nick Arnett wrote: > Given any question about a matter, I think it's > clear that the community prefers to err on the side of anarchy. And I'm not > sure when the addition of list policies might end.
The thoughts, just better phrased. > > But, Nick, if indeed you can sincerely get into any kind of legal > > trouble for > > hosting the list as it currently is (without further moderation, further > > policies added, etc.) I'd rather have someone else (I believe > > Ronn offered > > already) take over and run the list somewhere else on a public > > domain where the > > current anarchy doesn't pose a legal problem for anyone. > > I don't think there's any such thing, with the possible exception of an old > gun platform off the coast of England. (See http://www.sealandgov.com/) Hmm, just had a mental flash of all our Brin list members together on a gun platform... now there is something of a challenge. :o) > > So far I've seen a lot to contradict your statement that this > > list isn't owned > > but merely managed by you. Unfortunatly I have to stand by my > > opinion that for > > all present purposes you own the list. > > Perhaps we still disagree, then. For me, it's something like the idea that > I own my copy of "Glory Season," but David Brin owns the intellectual > property. Wave the book and ask, "Who owns this book?" The obvious answer > is "me," but it is equally true that the answer "David Brin" is correct. > The server is mine, but the stuff that passes through it, like the words DB > writes, belong to the authors and the community. I'll just have to believe you on your blue eyes then... (guess that is one of the worst translations of a Dutch proverb I've ever made) <grin> for the time being. :o) Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
