John
 

Off side remark, did you get the letters?

Now to the question I would like to ask.

Would it be possible to put in the forums some of the old postings that we ourselves wrote as far back as the nineties for remembrance. I have found a great deal of them and they are very interesting to read. Some are quite poignant as some of those members have passed on and some have just given up on this venue for communication. But there is a lot of information that could bring a cohesion to some of us that have lost contact because of the loss of information from the past.

Sort of like a homecoming picnic if I am not being too childish in my thoughts about doing this.

Anyway what do you and the mods and the members think about this. It could keep those who are drifting right now anchored once again or am I just wishfull thinking. In any account


What say you all?

hi Thelma

we would need for DocJohn to reply to this as his would be the decision.

I know that whatever may be decided here, BT has copyright I believe to any posts made there soooooooooooooooooooo how that applies to wayback stuff, hmmmm I dont know and again, this would be a decision for Doc to make as to whether it would be ok here

We have tried to be very understanding of our collective BT roots here, and I know how much many of the old posts mean to members. I am still devastated by the loss of the last database a year ago as there was sooooo much valuable info, including my own related to my son's progress and also something I had put my heart into daily for 3 years on the Encouragement thread in Sanctuary :( .....but........... wow NT's First anniversary is around the corner :p

anyway,I think let's all just wait for Doc's input on this before we begin copying and posting stuff...the BT copyright should be considered till we hear on the status of the older posts and copyright etc

:)

I understand all of that this was to ask if possible and if anyone wanted it that's all as I am more interested in if it would make the members feel upset if some of those who posted had passed away such as in the Als forum.

That is why I posted it to John as first opinion needed.

sorry...thought input from all was asked.

we will wait for DocJohn to comment.

The copyright question--
 

--in cyberspace is actually a very interesting one.

There's still not a real consensus, for example, as to who "owns" copyright on a forum post--the forum or the individual who posted, especially if said individual can prove s/he had a copy previously, which was then posted on the forum.

The lack of consensus is despite what may be a forum's Terms of Service.

It will be interesting to see how this develops over time, especially in the realm of blogs and/or intellectual property (i.e., self-produced videos that show up first on You Tube).

As far as I know all the hasty pastry posts from a certain date (and I'd have to find that date it was added 'cause I don't know it off the top of my head - obviously not top priority in my head) are covered by Creative Commons License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.../2.0/legalcode

Edited to add the url I meant to post: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Frankly I've never understood Creative Commons despite having read it a dozen times.

I think there are situations where it is appropriate (a special sticky post in SOS forum comes to mind), and I think there are situations where it is not appropriate.

I would really dislike seeing mass copying of threads and posts. That's already happened here in the past on one forum and it involved a thread with mulitple posts from people who would never know that their words had been copied over here without their permission.

So, my personal opinion is that this matter be treated with extreme care and caution.

:)

chemar

don't take it wrong just wanted your opinion, personal opinion. and John of course has the final one.

Did you call yourself Chemar on BT.

yes Thelma

I have always been "Chemar" on BT although I dont post there anymore.

I do just want to post a note of caution on these old posts....we are already having to edit some because PEOPLE'S EMAIL ADDRESSES are showing on them and being copied and posted.

I still feel we need to wait for DocJohn's directive before posting these....
but especially want to request that anyone posting them here MUST please edit out the email addys and any other personal information on other people.
Mods really arent going to have the time to start reading thru pages of these posts to have to protect people's personal information...

updating

it is also important NOT to post other people's writings at this time until we hear from DocJohn on his directive for these posts....if any are to be copied and posted here, they should be the OP posting their own posts, NOT someone else's

thanks

Boy...I don't know. I can see posting old stuff of my own, but I'd be very uncomfortable about copying an old thread or post done by someone else. There may be reason that they don't appreciate it.

For instance, if someone else took a post of mine from BT that they thought were interesting, it might be something I would not want to have copied.

Then again...I really don't care. :D Whatever Doc John thinks is best is all good for me. He rocks with his infinite wisdom in running boards. :Bow: