Subject: Using theForge tips in chapter newsletters

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:58:54 -0400

General question....

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

Many of our members do not waste huge volumes of time browsing like me. They
actually spend their time making neat things at the forge instead of living
vicariously.  There's lots that dont EVEN HAVE COMPUTERS!  Can you imagine
that???

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

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From: "Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 07:21:04 -0400

On Aug 17,  7:58am, [email-masked] wrote:
> Subject: Using theForge tips in chapter newsletters
> General question....
>

I don't see a problem provided you give credit to the source. Usually in the
newsletters there will be a statementabout copying provided proper credit be
given.

Just my thought.

Mark

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From: "Steven O. Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 96 11:10:30 MDT

Dear Don,

This is a great idea, many newsletters are already doing it. There is
a difficulty that is easy to fix...

Much of this stuff is reprinted without permission from the author. It
is not only polite to ask, but legal wrt copyright. This applies to
reprinting articles paper-printed in other newsletters, too. 

Asking the author lets them know they're in print elsewhere and lets
them see if your editing process introduced any errors.

--
Steven O. Smith
[email-masked]