Re: Mailing List Etiquette FAQ

On 11/21/22 10:55 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 11/21/22 10:54 AM, Joe Conway wrote:
>> On 11/21/22 10:46, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>>> On 11/21/22 10:42 AM, Joe Conway wrote:
>>>> I cannot tell is the author is still around (twitter account
>>>> inactive since ~2010, no other activity that I could find with a
>>>> quick search).
>>>
>>> +1; there are some things in it we would likely want to modify as well
>>> (e.g. exact troubleshooting contact info) so having permission would be
>>> good.
>>>
>>> The author did provide an email to reach out to request permission, so
>>> we can try that.
>>>
>>> If the author does not reply, we can say we made a best effort, host our
>>> own copy while linking back to the original on archive.org.
>>
>> Well the problem with that is that the page specifically says:
>>
>> "This document may be freely retransmitted in Usenet or email;
>> permission to reproduce in any other media should be requested from
>> the author, Brian Edmonds <brian(at)gweep(dot)ca>."
>>
>> I will send an email (and perhaps try a DM on twitter) and see if he
>> responds or it bounces.
>
> We read the same page :) I think it's OK if we make a best effort,
> especially given that the page itself is hosted on archives.org at tihs
> point and not readily accessible.

Just to clarify, if we can't reach the author and we don't want to link
to the archive anymore, we would have to write our own version of
mailing list etiquette.

Thanks,

Jonathan