Tim, Keep in mind that each post came from a different author, with perhaps one or two exceptions. With regard to the names, I know of no formal list policy, law, or custom that would stop me from forwarding with names attached. However, I thought it might stifle discourse on a relatively intimate list if folks thought their posts were blasted around the Net to thousands. I was my judgment call, and I make no excuses. Take the ideas for what they're worth. -Declan At 18:28 -0800 1/14/98, Tim May wrote:
At 4:34 PM -0800 1/14/98, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I wrote a little about public choice theory and the politics of antitrust in my article last week:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1678,00.html
Attached are excerpts from recent posts to a law and economics mailing list I'm on. I'm unsure of the reposting policy, so I'm deleting authors' names. Should be good reading anyway.
I think, Declan, that deleting the author's name is a Big Problem. I inititally assumed you wrote these words, and was preparing a rebuttal (esp. to the fanciful " Intel's Portland facility has 800 programmers charged with coming up with something as cool as the operating system developed by Next. Stay tuned." piece of nonsense.
But then I went back and read your "deleting author's names" line, so now I have no idea who I'm rebutting.
You have essentially made this author "Anonymous."
A better approach is to ask his permission, for something substantive like this piece is, and then either post his words with his name, or not post it.
--Tim May
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