[HP4GU-FAQ] New poll for HP4GU-FAQ

[Heidi Tandy]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 8:48PM -0500, HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> Do you think that the FAQ group should
> run itself independently of the MEG
> (Moderator) group that currently
> governs the HPfGU main-list and sister
> groups?


I have an argument against complete independence, and it's entirely 
technical.

The faqs are hosted on hpfgu's server, which has had its hosting fees 
thru the end of the year and a little beyond paid for by the mods of 
hpfgu. Complete independence, to me, means that they wouldn't be hosted 
there anymore.

Now, some of you might be perfectly happy withthat situation in theory, 
but practically speaking, if that approach was adopted and the faqs were 
hosted elsewhere, the faq writers would have to be more careful about 
quoting without getting permission from the posters - there is, iirc, a 
license to hpfgu to use post content in the faqs, at least for any posts 
generated since august, 2000, but there's no such license to a group 
operating separate from hpfgu.

Personally, I'm going to vote against complete independence because of 
this - ip law wise and technically, I don't think it's feasible. I would 
vote for a strong measure of autonomy, though.

Heidi