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Re: QC volunteers? (Was: Re: General Positive Feedback re: revisionof site (fwd))
- To: Vladimir Vuksan <>
- Subject: Re: QC volunteers? (Was: Re: General Positive Feedback re: revisionof site (fwd))
- From: "Mr. Poet" <>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
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If you can set up a CVS server and all the scripts in a day then why
haven't you? I have a box with a 512k dedicated that you can have access
to right now...
Just tell me what you need to get CVS up and running.
Poet
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Vladimir Vuksan wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, David Lawyer wrote:
>
> > We don't have to remove them unless we want to. This is because the
> > license permits free distribution and it can't be revoked except by legal
> > means such as a court order or by a termination clause in the license.
> > (There's no termination clause in these, I've checked). The license is a
> > contract which in this case is between the author and the LDP (or between
> > the author and Tim Bynum if you want to argue that the LDP is not a legal
> > entity). Now anyone who has a copy may make copies and give them away.
> > That's what we're (or Tim) is doing by putting it at Metalab.
>
> The reason why I have requested removal of the documents is that among
> other things the documents are outdated and I hate having outdated
> documents laying around. If that is not an option than at least I would
> request that you remove my e-mail address from the document since I don't
> want to get any more e-mails about issues I have already addressed which I
> get these days courteousy of LDP. I have submitted two updates
> to the Cable Modem mini-HOWTO (last version on LDP site is date June 22nd)
> and I have neither the patience or the time to play the blame game with
> Tim or Guylhem about where the documents are and when they will finally
> institute a decent update system.
>
> > However, the author is not required to maintain it (unless he agreed to
> > do so in the license which he didn't). Can someone else maintain it?
> > They could if the license said anyone could modify it. The license in
> > these docs is exactly the same license that Tim Bynum uses for his
> > HOWTO-INDEX (which he wrote). The paragraph on "derivative works" says
> > that derivative works must use the same license (Tim called it a
> > "copyright notice"). This seems to imply that permission to make derived
> > works has been granted even though it doesn't state this explicitly.
> >
> > The author can always modify his own work and put it under another license.
> > Anyway, I plead with Vladimir Vuksan to reconsider. I've suffered
> > delays in the past up to 2 months but recently my stuff got to Metalab in
> > only a few days.
>
> I am really sceptical. I don't want to be left to Tim's mercy anymore. I
> want to be able to update my own documents, if that is not possible sorry
> I am out of here and no middle of October is not a good answer since I can
> set up a CVS server and all the necessary LDP scripts in about a day. LDP
> leadership obviously has other priorities.
>
> Vladimir
>
>
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