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

[Sheila King]

It would probably be polite, to ask the authors of the messages you are using
(assuming you are quoting exactly from the messages) whether they would mind
if you used their material. I'm not sure if this would be practical, though,
since many Usenet participants munge their "from" address, and I'm not sure
how many people you are talking about.

Technically, once the messages are posted to Usenet, anyone can archive and
copy them. However, if you were using them for commercial gain (i.e. ad
banners and such), the authors might request that you remove their material
from your site. Authors of Usenet posts still retain copyright to their own
material.

--
Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
http://www.k12groups.org/


On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 17:51:57 GMT, Daniel.Kinnaer at Advalvas.be (Daniel) wrote in
comp.lang.python in article <3a730931.31998180 at news.skynet.be>:

:
:Dear newgroupreaders,
:
:As a Python newbie, I've been collecting lots of questions and answers
:from this newsgroup.  It contains stuff not readily found in the many
:good FAQ from the net.
:
:Before setting up a new site, I would like to ask if it is allowed to
:put my collection of questions and answers from this newsgroup (which
:helped me a lot) on my site,so everyone can enjoy/learn from it
:without going to the déjà palace.
:
:E.g.  
:- the Tutor beep question
:- reading a file line by line
:- make a stringcopy of a list
:and so on. I've collected replies from Fredrik Lundh,  Emile van
:Sebille, Aahz Maruch, Alex Martelli and Sheila King to name only a
:few.  Yes, I've learned a lot from you!
:
:Thus, before starting the time-consuming task to create this new site,
:I'd like to know if putting this collection on the Web is actually
:legal/allowed.
:
:Hope to hear from you soon.
:
:Best regards,
:
:Daniel
: