On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:05:26 +0100, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
I thought this was interesting.
http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2007/01/abandoned-projects-bus-proofing-and.html
I understand and letting another admin, who is under control of the community, make such a decision is a good idea.
But making a decision depending on an outdated or (fraudulent) bouncing email address is not.
/Klaus
Ron
From: Stéphane Rollandin
Craig Latta wrote:
Since copyright persists after death in many jurisdictions, the
current stance is that we will not include those contributions without some other indication as to their licensing terms.
that's sad.
I would not like than, when I die, my public work becomes unavailable just because I'm not here anymore to sign a paper. That's another kind of death.
Shall we now all carry an "intellectual property donor" card so that we can drop dead anytime without fear that our fellow human beings feel obliged to forget what we have done ?
Stef