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- RAILFANS POLICY STATEMENT RAILFANS.RUL Aug'92
-
- The RAILFANS echo was originally conceived to be a free conference
- for railfans to discuss PROTOTYPE RAILROADING and train-watching,
- i.e. railfanning. The Railfans echo is shared over Fidonet and RBBSnet.
-
- Reviews of railfan-related products (such as videos and new types of
- film) are encouraged. Model reviews belong in the TRAINS echo. If
- you've come here looking for model railroading, please look up the
- TRAINS echo. (TRAINS includes model railroads, RAILFANS is
- prototype-only.)
-
- COPYRIGHT ISSUES - Fair Use & Public Domain, one of the thornier subjects
- in an information medium like this. Basically, everything posted in the
- RAILFANS echo is understood to be posted on a "use freely" basis, i.e.
- equivalent to freeware or public domain. This has two implications.
- First, it's your responsibility to make sure that what you post is free &
- clear. If you've written it, or rewritten it, there's no problem; if you
- have a newspaper clipping or other story, especially if it's professionally
- produced, the safest course of action is to paraphrase it. Pretend you're
- writing a report in 8th grade by rewriting the encyclopedia, and you'll do
- just fine. <grin>
-
- Certain information providers have pre-authorized use "as is" of their
- material. In particular, Southern Pacific "Update" which is their weekly
- news release & employee newsletter, has been approved by San Francisco HQ
- to be freely distributed over the modems; and Railway Age broadcasts
- canned excerpts from recent issues in the same fashion. The issue of AP
- and UPI wire stories has not been resolved by company representatives;
- unless you have something to report from a company rep, this sort of thing
- is off-topic!
-
- As far using something you find on the RAILFANS echo, you should be able
- to go right ahead. Three items of courtesy to follow: Credit the originator
- of the message. (I credit the user and the BBS, and provide the BBS phone
- number, when I reprint messages.) Provide samples upon request; the going
- rate is two stamps for a recent issue. And finally, if the author says Do
- Not Print or DNP, don't use it!
-
- Railroad news items posted on this echo may be reprinted on a
- one-time basis in railfan magazines or newsletters, with credit
- identifying the writer and originating BBS. If you are an editor
- reprinting RAILFANS material, please let me know so we can list you
- here. The publications listed below will send out a free sample in
- exchange for two first-class stamps and the name & phone number of
- the BBS you used to read this message.
-
- FLIMSIES, P.O. Box 6776-U, Orange CA 92613.
- NORTHWEST RAILFAN, 13118 163rd Ave. S.E., Snohomish WA 98290
-
- Charlie Baden - Moderator, Railfans Echo; 1:207/117.1, voice (714) 771-2141
- Larry E. Files - Teleterm Amiga West, 1:207/117, 8:995/117, (714) 984-9580
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