[ILUG] Re: ILUG Mailing LIst TOS (was Re: Got My First Linux Book)

[ccostelloe at flogas.ie]

> On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:56:35AM +0100, Colm Buckley wrote:
> > I think it would be a good idea to add to the mailing list's TOS that 
> > the act of posting to the list explicitly grants ILUG the right to 
> > archive and disseminate the message as it sees fit.
> > 
> > 	Colm
> Hmm ... I'm inclined to agree, but then we get to the thorny issue of
> how do people who aren't members, yet post, yet have not read the
> TOS fare in this regard ? 

You can send first-time posters an email specifying the terms, shoving all responsibility on the sender, and (to avoid having to moderate them) that they must contact xxx at ilug.ie to get their previous post removed if they dont or cant agree to the terms (which is unlikely to happen).

The problem is that it is not the sender's terms that are the problem, it is the company he works for - he theoretically has to clear it with them.

If the sender does nothing, at least ilug is in the position that it has issued conflicting terms to the sender's company's terms, which is a lot better than ilug doing nothing about the sender's company's terms.

Whether it is all worth the trouble may be more debateable.