| From: | Thomas Hurst |
| Date: | 17 May 2000 at 00:25:47 |
| Subject: | Re: The recent poll (majordomo) |
Hi
On 14-May-00 17:37:59, Andreas Mixich (sp.amix@gmx.net) wrote:
> I have seen the recent poll for this list. I did not vote, yet, as I
> would like to ask some questions before.
Recent!? That was probably about 8 months ago.
> The current list-server has some special pro's.
> This list features some really nice add-ons on the web-frontend, such as
> a diary (well, we don't need it really ;-)), 20 megs of file-sharing
> place and a database, with some common tables already pre-defined,
> such as FAQ lists and index for various stuff. There is also a link
> list. All this can be used to enhance productivity and does not cost
> much work.
Most of that's irrelevent... the fact that the list has been up flawlessly
for it's entire lifetime and that everyone knows where it is is not.
Also, being here means I have total control over the list... I have my
reservations about moving the list to a server with dubious configuration
with what seems to be quite limited controls.
> As the database seems to be set up for overall public access, anyone
> could add entries for a FAQ. A maintainer only would have to cut&paste
> this info and organize it a bit.
Do we need a faq? The list is hardly brimming over with questions.
> The diary might be nice to announce some list-member meetings on IRC :-)
We have any?
> It would help in creation of the ARexx Web Document, if the link-list
> would be used more frequently to collect ARexx related links.
A links list for a handful of url's? Feh.
> The contra's are, however, also present:
> Here is a quote from the "Terms Of Service" of this list-serv, chapter
> 12:
> <QUOTE>
> [...]
> only. You agree not to modify, copy, reproduce, republish,
> upload, post, transmit, sell or distribute in any way
> Content available through the Service, including code and
> software.
> </QUOTE>
Can they do that? It may be on their server but they do NOT own the data
anyone uploads there and hence have no rights over it once it has been
downloaded.
> This would mean, that none of the scripts, published here, may be
> published anywhere else, reproduced, modified, as long as they were
> retreived from this list. Of course this is just a legal issue, and no
> one really will take this too serious, but personally I dislike such
> behaviour of "free-services". Moving to owl.net (at least I beleive so)
> would eliminate such things.
I would say that having the list moved is kind of a non issue right now...
my only thing with Owlnet now is some webspace which I don't have the
login for.
You want to make some big resource site, and I admit this was what I was
originally going to do (I even prepared an announcement of it's development;
the ARexx Resource Project), but when I looked hard, I couldn't see a demand
or a need for it anywhere...
> Because, I think this is _our_ list, not /theirs/
It's their list-serv, their servers, hence they have final say of legal
issues such as this... I don't think many are likely to be interested in the
file area anyway... people?
Regards
Tom
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