Klarinet Archive - Posting 000890.txt from 2001/05

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: [kl] Privacy & the list
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:27:41 -0400

I thought that every knew that when they joined a mailing list such as this that they knew that there was no "privacy" inferred, but I guess not, based upon a message I just received. With anywhere from 800 to 1000 members at any time, an expectation of privacy would be moot.

To be clear:
The messages sent via the Klarinet mailing list have no promise, implied or otherwise, of being private postings. They are archived in a public format on http://www.sneezy.org and just about all the major and minor search engines crawl and index http://www.sneezy.org, including all messages.

You retain the copyright to your own messages, meaning basically that people can't claim them as their own and make a profit off of them. The searchable archive functions as a sort of library, and has the same restrictions.

There is no option to "not archive" your posts; therefore, if you don't want your posts archived, don't post.

I'm all for the free exchange of ideas within bounds; as the many people who have contributed to the Sneezy site know, I ask each and every one for permission to copy postings to the Sneezy site, and each one has an attribution if appropriate.

Mark C.
--
"... but while you're marching in the rain, doesn't the *bell* on the sax
fill with water?" - jerry
"Yes, Jerry ... the bell would fill with water. (un)Fortunately, this does
not affect the way a sax sounds." - Fred (postings on the Clarinet BBoard)

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