[theforum] about us draft (& copyright question)

[William Anderson]

Erika wrote:
> Elfur Logadóttir wrote:
>> .:| Badly worded, thank you.  But yes, we do claim the right to archive
>> .:| posts, don't we?
>>
>> Nope. This is our exact distinction from mj, and in fact the raison d'etre.
> 
> This may language issue.  If evolt publishes something, that is a right. 
>   As Martin pointed out, it is a right granted by the author, in the act 
> of posting a list email or an article.
> 
> If another site were to mirror our list archive, that could be an issue 
> for original authors (who only granted the right to evolt to publish the 
> work, not to the secondary site), but it would not be an issue for us.

Other sites *do* mirror our list archive, but let's not open that can of
worms just yet.

-n