Re: friend classes in ada95

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <rBnK4.4959$I75.3624892@news-east.usenetserver.com>,
  "David Botton" <David@Botton.com> wrote:
> Most of the time when articles of this nature are posted and I
ask for
> permission to put them up on AdaPower, I get negative
responces. Even though
> I feel that it is important to understand these points and
other points of
> history to be a supportive member of the Ada community who
came after the 83
> and 95 process has long since past, I can respect that many
people take
> issues to heart and putting them on a web page only serves to
resurface hard
> feelings.
>
> David Botton
>

It is not just that, it is that copyrighted articles posted
to newsgroups (yes, they are all copyrighted by default, that's
the way the copyright law works) are often informal opinions
and descriptions, not edited or checked, and not suitable for
republication. In the context of an original usenet discussion
they are taken in context, but when republished in another
forum, they can take on the unwelcome appearence of carefully
thought out articles, or statements of fact :-)

Note that posting an article on a newsgroup can never be taken
as implicit permission to republish in any other context. To do
so is a clear violation of the copyright law.

Of course, David is always very careful to ask for permission,
and he takes great care to make sure that adapower has only
articles which can be appropriately republished, but it does
not surprise me that many people are reluctant to see their
informal off-the-cuff posts to threads be elevated to the
status of permanently-preservable articles :-)



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