Orchid XP v3 wrote:
> Gail Shaw wrote:
>
>> I don't want to be the wet blanket, but did you get Paul's
>> permission to repost these?
>
> Actually no - but they *were* originally posted to a completely
> open-access public forum in the first place. ;-)

That's no excuse.

Most websites are completely open-access too, but that doesn't mean you can 
copy and redistribute anything you like from them. Same goes for books from 
your local public, open-access library.

> that _is_ a slightly broken assumption...

Indeed.

> Anyway, I thought it was really cool and I've saved it ever since. If
> it's a problem I can easily take it down, but I doubt it...

It always *might* turn out not to be a problem, but that's a bad basis for 
doing something that some consider very rude and which is technically 
illegal too. The correct order is to ask permission *first*.

Note that you're always allowed to quote a small portion of a text. That's a 
different matter from reposting something in its entirely.

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