>>>>> "CS" == Charlie Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> GMane, mail-archive.com etc offer an extremely useful service
>> for a great many lists which do not have external
>> archiver/exploder policies (mail-archive for instance is my
>> preferred tool for search the Linux Kernel and BugTraq lists).
CS> I respectfully disagree. ANY archiver which allows
CS> "subscription requests" to be sent by anyone, without the
CS> express permission of the list owner, is engaged in theft.
Of course, there's a difference between a subscription request and a
grant of subscription. If list content, membership, and
archive-ability are that sacred for a list (an obviously valid concern
for some lists), then the ability to gain a feed worthy of archiving
or gating has to be more tightly controlled.
>>>>> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JCL> There's a cultural divide here. Its similar to the cultural
JCL> divide between the idea of a list-mom versus a list-owner.
Very useful observation, JC!
JCL> Which of course puts this solidly in the realm of the
JCL> cultural divide surrounding DRM, and say, MP3 distribution.
Except that here there's no uber-entity attempting to sue the whole
technology out of existance just because it /can/ be used to violate
someone's copyrights. Yet.
-Barry
