Subject: Re: Using theForge tips in chapter newsletters

From: [email-masked] (Gene Olson and Chris Wilson)
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:58:28 -0400 (EDT)

>General question....
>
>What would you think, folks, of using some of theForge tips in our chapter
>newsletters?

I have shared some of our discussions with the Guild membership here MN WI
and vicinity.  I printed out the 14 pages of discussion on projects for
demonstrations and handed them out as a bonus to people that volunteered to
help man our booth at the Nowthen thresshing show.  I made a point of
retaining the authorship credits for the posts and I tried to show how our
forum works so that some of the other members might see why (or why not)
they might consider going on line.

I have also excerpted several pages of tips and forwarded them to the editor
of our mag. METALSMITH for inclusion in the next issue, as an example of
what is to be gained by this open discussion forum.

I do think that a statement on the sign up page about this being freely
shared information that is being placed into the public domain for
individual and not for profit use. Any quotes should be attributed to their
authors, and if these quotes are to published for sale the author's
permission should be obtained.

Of course, I'm sure somebody out there has better tighter wording than that.
It should also be in the automailed info sheet.

>  There's lots that dont EVEN HAVE COMPUTERS!  Can you imagine
>that???

I was wondering who was getting all the work do in my absence.
SMART PEOPLE!!

>
>Anyway there is often some really good stuff out here that they would
>certainly benefit from being aware of.  I would like to pass some on to my
>chapter.  I would just print it pretty much as it comes off the line.
>
>Whaddaya think?     Do you see a problem, George?
>
>Don Plummer     

Yeh, I wannta har some more opinions on this too.

Gene

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From: [email-masked] (George Dixon)
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 15:28:34 -0500

Greetings,
I feel that any material taken from theforge for use in Chapter
(non-profit) newsletters is appropriate if the person who posted the
material is asked first.  A quick e-mail will both get formal permission
and avoid any potential problems...
George Dixon

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From: Mike Linn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 22:32:40 -0500

At 08:19 AM 8/21/96 +0000, you wrote:
>I can understand if someone where to reprint your posting and not give you 
>credit for it,(that would be plagarism) but would you really be upset 
>if your tip appeared in a newsletter with your name as the author?
>

>Franklyn D. Garland                         

I noticed a section in the last Hammers Blow from ABANA and saw my name as
contributor of a tip on mounting anvils that was gleened from theforge ,I
was tickled pink, and I got a lot of comments and questions from others in
the forge group. IMHO that is the purpose of the discussion groups and of
ABANA and its chapters,..... spread the word..... and pass on the knowledge.
Thank God the previous generations (except for some armorers :0 ) werent to
worried about passing along the "secrets" of the art.

mike
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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:19:50 -0400

As a published author I personally would not have a problem as long as the
source is given proper credit...As there isn't usually any $$$ exchanged
(other than membership dues?) I don't see any royalty conflicts from a legal
sense..

Just given the credit where the credit is due...I never have complained when
that was done with my own works,,,I did complain about those idiots
bootlegging my videos...but that was another thing all together

JP Hrisoulas