On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Aileen <[email protected]> wrote: > I was assuming this would work the way comments in imported journals work > now, with OpenID. I mean, those people don't give their permission for their > comments to be on DW, do they?
Comments work differently from posts; the software treats them very differently. Since you can *make* OpenID comments, there's an easy way to deal with the imports: treat them like comments made at DW, only screen them. However, OpenID users can't post, so the software has no way to accept OpenID posts in communities. And there's no such thing as "screened posts." In regards to permissions: You don't give permission to have your stuff exported by RSS. It can happen whether you like it or not. There's an uneasy permission-to-copy by posting on an public internet location, included in the TOS, phrased something like "This Content may reside on LiveJournal's servers or on the servers of a third party" or "You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Yahoo! Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices." This is not understood to mean "another site can host your stuff"--but it also doesn't mean another site *can't* host your content. Posting online may not fit the legal definition of "publishing" in regards to copyright law. -- "I follow Eris blindly in all things. That She is the Goddess of Chaos simplifies this immensely." -- Christian the Pagan _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
