At 07:32 PM -0500 12/22/96, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
> At 06:42 AM 12/19/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm new to the list, so pardon me if I'm misinterpreting the thread...
> >It seems to me that we should be able to define some flag which an
> >auto-archiver can recognize, be it a text string in the welcome message or
> >a special command (similar to a robots.txt file on a webserver) which tells
> >the auto-archiver or human reader what is appropriate to archive and what
> >is not.
>
> Brewster Kahle (sp?) of archive.org has suggested a header line that
> basically says "Do Not Archive This List."
I like this idea. It seems logical to me... if you open your list to
public subscription, then that means the content is fair game unless
otherwise stated.
> (Each side is out for whatever makes life easier for them -- as a
> list owner, I want one thing, and as an archivist, someone else wants
> something to make THEIR life easier. Unfortunately, though, it's
> my list not theirs, so my desires win, says I.)
The problem is, you can't stop them from archiving your list, so they win.
I'll take a realistic solution that works over an idealistic solution that
doesn't. People are lazy... if we ask them to throw a flag in their
automated tools, there is a chance of it being implemented (ie robots.txt).
As soon as you require human intervention, it's too much work and they're
just going to ignore you.
~Josh
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