[Off topic] allowed to put Python material on the Web?

[Erik Max Francis]

Neelakantan Krishnaswami wrote:

> Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>
> > Sheila King wrote:
> >
> > > Technically, once the messages are posted to Usenet, anyone can
> > > archive and copy them.
> >       ...
> > > Authors of Usenet posts still retain copyright to
> > > their own material.
> >
> > These two statements are inconsistent with one another.  (The latter
> > is the one that is correct, by the way.)
> 
> No, they're not.
> 
> When someone posts a message they have to grant permission to people
> to copy, archive and redistribute their messages -- since a) that's
> how Usenet works, b) since posting to Usenet is wholly voluntary, and
> c) judges and courts are not entirely stupid.

"Anyone can archive and copy them" is not sufficiently limited to be
accurate.  You cannot copy a Usenet post uncredit into a book you're
writing and be free of copyright infringement, for instance.

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