• Out of the woodwork

    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854.1 to All on Saturday, November 03, 2018 00:16:11

    Amazing to read the restricted FTSC-area after Michiel's resignation ... no leader at the helm anymore and anmbitions run high to replace him ... but the main question remains unanswered ... is there still a future for an FTSC ?

    If no development of new stuff takes place anymore, there's nothing left to be documented.,.

    And half of the FTSC is dormant anyway ...

    Ward
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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384.125 to Ward Dossche on Saturday, November 03, 2018 16:21:41
    Hi! Ward,

    On 11/03/2018 02:16 PM, you wrote to All:

    And half of the FTSC is dormant anyway ...

    Without a gnarly whip-crackin' Administrator nothing else matters.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854.1 to Paul Quinn on Saturday, November 03, 2018 06:10:24
    And half of the FTSC is dormant anyway ...

    Without a gnarly whip-crackin' Administrator nothing else matters.

    Yes, Michiel was the right man for the job, the best we ever had ... with footnotes..

    Ward
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  • From Scott Little@3:712/848 to Ward Dossche on Sunday, November 04, 2018 21:00:28

    [ On 2018-11-03 at 00:16:10, Ward Dossche wrote to All ]

    Amazing to read the restricted FTSC-area after Michiel's resignation
    ... no leader at the helm anymore and anmbitions run high to replace
    him ... but the main question remains unanswered ... is there still a future for an FTSC ?

    Does the documentation accurately reflect the current state of Fidonet?

    I hear new nodelist flags are still being added ;)

    /too soon?


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  • From Martin Foster@2:250/1.1 to Scott Little on Sunday, November 04, 2018 11:48:00
    Hello Scott!

    On 04.11.18 at 21:00, Scott Little wrote to Ward Dossche:

    [ On 2018-11-03 at 00:16:10, Ward Dossche wrote to All ]

    Amazing to read the restricted FTSC-area after Michiel's resignation
    ... no leader at the helm anymore and anmbitions run high to replace
    him ... but the main question remains unanswered ... is there still a
    future for an FTSC ?

    Does the documentation accurately reflect the current state of Fidonet?

    Some of it doesn't.

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From Torsten Bamberg@2:240/5832 to Martin Foster on Sunday, November 04, 2018 13:10:11
    Hallo Martin!

    04.11.2018 11:48, Martin Foster schrieb an Scott Little:

    Does the documentation accurately reflect the current state of
    Fidonet?
    Some of it doesn't.
    Which ones do you mean?

    Regards,
    Martin
    Bye/2 Torsten

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ward Dossche on Sunday, November 04, 2018 16:37:38
    Hello Ward,

    03 Nov 18 00:16 at you wrote to All:

    And half of the FTSC is dormant anyway ...

    I read every message in both FTSC and FTSC_PUBLIC. If I don't have something constructive to add, I just move on. I am busy with other things lately but I try to keep up on Fido happenings.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Martin Foster@2:250/1.1 to Torsten Bamberg on Monday, November 05, 2018 08:41:00
    Hello Torsten!

    On 04.11.18 at 13:10, Torsten Bamberg wrote to Martin Foster:

    04.11.2018 11:48, Martin Foster schrieb an Scott Little:

    Does the documentation accurately reflect the current state of
    Fidonet?
    Some of it doesn't.
    Which ones do you mean?

    Let's start with fts-0001.016

    Here's a small snippet from that document which certainly does not accurately reflect the current state of FidoNet .....

    ---------- 8< ----------
    A. Introduction

    FidoNet has grown beyond most peoples' fantasies, and new
    FidoNet implementations are appearing regularly.
    ---------- 8< ----------

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From Scott Little@3:712/848 to Martin Foster on Monday, November 05, 2018 20:31:30

    [ On 2018-11-05 at 08:41:00, Martin Foster wrote to Torsten Bamberg ]

    Here's a small snippet from that document which certainly does not accurately reflect the current state of FidoNet .....
    ---------- 8< ----------
    A. Introduction
    FidoNet has grown beyond most peoples' fantasies, and new
    FidoNet implementations are appearing regularly.
    ---------- 8< ----------

    Ouch!

    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while ago) but
    it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would have to rewrite it from scratch.


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  • From Kees van Eeten@2:280/5003.4 to Scott Little on Monday, November 05, 2018 13:09:38
    Hello Scott!

    05 Nov 18 20:31, you wrote to Martin Foster:

    Here's a small snippet from that document which certainly does not
    accurately reflect the current state of FidoNet .....
    ---------- 8< ----------
    A. Introduction
    FidoNet has grown beyond most peoples' fantasies, and new
    FidoNet implementations are appearing regularly.
    ---------- 8< ----------

    Ouch!

    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while ago) but it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would have to rewrite it from scratch.

    That too, but would you like to replace it by:

    Fidonet is dwindling steadily, and Fidonet implementations are mainly 20 years
    old. New developments are hindered, as many users out of nostalgia adhere to
    software developed in de previous century.

    Kees

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Martin Foster on Monday, November 05, 2018 06:48:08
    On 2018 Nov 05 08:41:00, you wrote to Torsten Bamberg:

    Does the documentation accurately reflect the current state of
    Fidonet?
    Some of it doesn't.
    Which ones do you mean?

    Let's start with fts-0001.016

    let's start with that being a copyrighted historical document... one that the author has not given permission to modify or replace...

    Here's a small snippet from that document which certainly does not accurately reflect the current state of FidoNet .....

    ---------- 8< ----------
    A. Introduction

    FidoNet has grown beyond most peoples' fantasies, and new
    FidoNet implementations are appearing regularly.
    ---------- 8< ----------

    this is just introductory text... not technical... the technical portions are accurate...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Scott Little on Monday, November 05, 2018 06:50:32
    On 2018 Nov 05 20:31:30, you wrote to Martin Foster:

    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while ago) but it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would
    have to rewrite it from scratch.

    then there's the problem of what to call it... apparently it has been determined that using the same name/title is a conflict... this was determined either during your time as FTSC chair or in the group previous to that...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Scott Little on Monday, November 05, 2018 14:05:22
    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while
    ago) but it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would have
    to rewrite it from scratch.

    There we have the copyright ghost again ...

    For the record ... anything that anyone writes, by the virtue of writing it, has a copyright attached to it. Even this message.

    I have been writing for technical magazines about aviation and enviornment for years and had to deal with copyright all the time.

    You know, in a commercial environment it is much less of a hassle than in this not-for-profit environment where several little Napoleons want to be the expert
    because they know how to cut-and-paste from Wikipedia or whatever.

    Randy Bush has threatened to sue me over this so I told him "I'll see you in court then" which was the last I heard from him when he left by stating that Fidonet was nothing else but a cat's litterbox smelling like cat-urine. (in those words)

    The same thing, Tom Jennings copyright and Trademark is not worth the paper it is written on nor the time to even discuss it... and he probably would even agree ...

    FTS1 was never updated because the Grand Poobah decreed so .... and the FTSC accepted that.

    \%/@rd

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Kees van Eeten on Monday, November 05, 2018 14:05:33
    Kees,

    Fidonet is dwindling steadily, and Fidonet implementations are mainly 20 years old. New developments are hindered, as many users out of
    nostalgia adhere to software developed in de previous century.

    Changing the "in the previous century" to "in the previous millenium" would be a much stronger statement ...

    8-)

    \%/@rd

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  • From Torsten Bamberg@2:240/5832 to Martin Foster on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 01:11:25
    Hallo Martin!

    05.11.2018 08:41, Martin Foster schrieb an Torsten Bamberg:

    Which ones do you mean?
    Let's start with fts-0001.016
    I'll check this.

    Of my memory and as I remember, fts-0001 is a quite old standart of fidonet. Maybe some very old things have prevented an update.
    But anyway, I will discover.

    Regards,
    Martin
    Bye/2 Torsten

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  • From Rob Swindell to Scott Little on Monday, November 05, 2018 19:22:33
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Scott Little to Martin Foster on Mon Nov 05 2018 08:31 pm


    [ On 2018-11-05 at 08:41:00, Martin Foster wrote to Torsten Bamberg ]

    Here's a small snippet from that document which certainly does not accurately reflect the current state of FidoNet .....
    ---------- 8< ----------
    A. Introduction
    FidoNet has grown beyond most peoples' fantasies, and new
    FidoNet implementations are appearing regularly.
    ---------- 8< ----------

    Ouch!

    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while ago)

    The most glaring problem (to me) is that it doesn't define the defacto-standard packet format used today (defined in FSC-48 or FSC-39 ... depending ...).

    but
    it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would have to rewrite it from scratch.

    It should be re-written from scratch or just deprecated.

    Stephen Hurd tried to get a new document on the "current" packet formats published through the FTSC but gave up in frustration with the process and people. I don't blame him.

    I have my own FidoNet packet reference published here: http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets

    I'm glad the FTSC archive is online, but it seems anything "new" or any corrections to any existing documents are very difficult to get published.
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Rob Swindell on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 09:01:00
    Good ${greeting_time}, Rob!

    05 Nov 2018 19:22:32, you wrote to Scott Little:

    I'm glad the FTSC archive is online, but it seems anything "new" or
    any corrections to any existing documents are very difficult to get published.

    That's quite simple: once it is approved by FTSC, it is published.


    --
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  • From Rob Swindell to Alexey Vissarionov on Monday, November 05, 2018 22:26:58
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Alexey Vissarionov to Rob Swindell on Tue Nov 06 2018 09:01 am

    Good ${greeting_time}, Rob!

    05 Nov 2018 19:22:32, you wrote to Scott Little:

    I'm glad the FTSC archive is online, but it seems anything "new" or
    any corrections to any existing documents are very difficult to get published.

    That's quite simple: once it is approved by FTSC, it is published.

    What I observed was not simple. The message had to split into multiple fragments suitable for reading on 8-bit computers or some such stupidity which disuades contributions from modern technologists.
  • From Scott Little@3:712/848 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 20:13:34

    [ On 2018-11-05 at 14:05:22, Ward Dossche wrote to Scott Little ]

    For the record ... anything that anyone writes, by the virtue of
    writing it, has a copyright attached to it. Even this message.

    Yes, yes, you're the life of every party I'm sure. You know what I mean ;)

    Randy Bush has threatened to sue me over this so I told him "I'll see
    you in court then" which was the last I heard from him when he left by stating that Fidonet was nothing else but a cat's litterbox smelling
    like cat-urine. (in those words)

    Are you saying we should ignore the explicit "All rights reserved [etc. etc. etc.]" notice?

    Anyway the point here being (and confirmed by other replies) that there's still
    stuff to do so we can't say the FTSC is "done". Sure there's an overabundance of drama but so what? As long as the lights are kept on maybe someone someday will one day take on the boring jobs nobody wanted to do before.


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  • From Scott Little@3:712/848 to Rob Swindell on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 20:27:28

    [ On 2018-11-05 at 19:22:32, Rob Swindell wrote to Scott Little ]

    I have my own FidoNet packet reference published here: http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets
    I'm glad the FTSC archive is online, but it seems anything "new" or
    any corrections to any existing documents are very difficult to get published.

    As long as it's correct ;) it really shouldn't be that hard..


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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Scott Little on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 14:14:14
    Good ${greeting_time}, Scott!

    06 Nov 2018 20:13:34, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    Randy Bush has threatened to sue me over this so I told him "I'll
    see you in court then" which was the last I heard from him when he
    left by stating that Fidonet was nothing else but a cat's litterbox
    smelling like cat-urine. (in those words)
    Are you saying we should ignore the explicit "All rights reserved
    [etc. etc. etc.]" notice?

    What's wrong with that? :-)
    Especially if we'd rewrite the FTS-0001 from the scratch.


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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Scott Little on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 14:42:43
    As long as the lights are kept on maybe someone someday will one day
    take on the boring jobs nobody wanted to do before.

    I tried that four years ago (rewriting FTS-1 as well as FTS-4), but it was swept under the carpet pretty fast.



    ..

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  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Rob Swindell on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 17:32:22
    Hi Rob!

    Nov 05 22:26 2018, Rob Swindell wrote to Alexey Vissarionov:

    What I observed was not simple. The message had to split into
    multiple fragments suitable for reading on 8-bit computers or some
    such stupidity which disuades contributions from modern
    technologists.

    The guideline for writing FSPs is stated in FTA-1002 (http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1002.003). There is no requirement to split up documents into small junks or other such stupidity. It's the opposite:

    1. FSP Submissions
    ------------------

    Documents being submitted for consideration as future Technical
    Standards should conform to the following format:

    1. The submission must be in the form of a single document.

    [...]

    It would help to read the documents or to ask the FTSC in this echo. ;)

    ciao,
    Markus

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  • From Rob Swindell to Scott Little on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 10:43:55
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Scott Little to Rob Swindell on Tue Nov 06 2018 08:27 pm


    [ On 2018-11-05 at 19:22:32, Rob Swindell wrote to Scott Little ]

    I have my own FidoNet packet reference published here: http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets
    I'm glad the FTSC archive is online, but it seems anything "new" or
    any corrections to any existing documents are very difficult to get published.

    As long as it's correct ;) it really shouldn't be that hard..

    I agree, it shouldn't be. Especially considering how much incorrect information has been published through the FTSC. :-(
  • From Rob Swindell to Markus Reschke on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 10:53:27
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Markus Reschke to Rob Swindell on Tue Nov 06 2018 05:32 pm

    Hi Rob!

    Nov 05 22:26 2018, Rob Swindell wrote to Alexey Vissarionov:

    What I observed was not simple. The message had to split into
    multiple fragments suitable for reading on 8-bit computers or some
    such stupidity which disuades contributions from modern
    technologists.

    The guideline for writing FSPs is stated in FTA-1002 (http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1002.003). There is no requirement to split up documents into small junks or other such stupidity. It's the opposite:

    In any case, the demand was made, an attempt to comply was made, and the result was a frustrating experience for the author who gave up the effort.

    It would help to read the documents or to ask the FTSC in this echo. ;)

    Yeah, that happened too.
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 22:56:16
    IIRC there were other issues with FTS1 (can't remember, it was a while
    ago) but it never got updated because it's copyrighted so we would have
    to rewrite it from scratch.

    There we have the copyright ghost again ...

    First of all: US copyright law does *not* apply outside of the USA. Fortunately...

    Secondly, even according to FTA-1007:

    1. Some works (for example works of the U.S. Government) are not
    subject to copyright. However, to the extent that the submission
    is or may be subject to copyright, the contributor, the
    organization he represents (if any) and the owners of any
    proprietary rights in the contribution, grant an unlimited
    perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and
    license to the FTSC under any copyrights in the contribution.
    This license includes the right to copy, publish and distribute
    the contribution in any way, and to prepare derivative works that
    are based on or incorporate all or part of the contribution, the
    license to such derivative works to be of the same scope as the
    license of the original contribution.

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's outdated documents to present standard.



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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Scott Little on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 23:24:27
    Scott,

    Are you saying we should ignore the explicit "All rights reserved [etc. etc. etc.]" notice?

    You make it sound as if ignoring that would be something bad? 8-)

    Anyway the point here being (and confirmed by other replies) that there's still stuff to do so we can't say the FTSC is "done".

    Yes.

    So this is the moment in time when the elected-ones are expected to stand-up and answer the roll-call ...

    \%/@rd

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Björn Felten on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 03:54:13
    Bjorn,

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's
    outdated documents to present standard.

    I've just been in touch with Randy Bush like 10 minutes ago.

    Now I'm wondering what exactly it is which needs to be changed updated or upgraded in FTS1 since we're getting all worked-up over it ?

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33
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  • From Rob Swindell to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 19:31:31
    Re: Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Ward Dossche to Björn Felten on Wed Nov 07 2018 03:54 am

    Now I'm wondering what exactly it is which needs to be changed updated or upgraded in FTS1 since we're getting all worked-up over it ?

    The biggest issue with FTS-1 is that it doesn't describe the packet format most widely used on FidoNet today (the so-called "2+" packet format which has still never been formally standardized).

    The secondary issues are that it describes things that were never really part of the network (e.g. local message storage format) and now-obsolete communication protocols.

    It's fine as a historical document, but misleading and confusing as a technical specification when applied to today's FidoNet.
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Markus Reschke on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 12:03:58

    On 2018 Nov 06 17:32:22, you wrote to Rob Swindell:

    What I observed was not simple. The message had to split into
    multiple fragments suitable for reading on 8-bit computers or some
    such stupidity which disuades contributions from modern
    technologists.

    The guideline for writing FSPs is stated in FTA-1002 (http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1002.003). There is no requirement to split
    up documents into small junks or other such stupidity. It's the
    opposite:

    i think he was talking about posting the document in this echo for discussion... that all went well and there was one last little bit that was to be fixed and posted once more for a (hopefully final) proofreading... after that getting the final document to the FTSC via link or file attach or similar should have put it on the FTSC desk for voting... we simply didn't get to the last posting in this echo...

    after that, another FTSC member tried to bring it up for discussion and that kinda went quiet after a week or two... then the proposal number was recycled and assigned to another document so now the one above needs another proposal number and to be presented again...

    yeah, i know :/

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Björn Felten on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 12:19:50

    On 2018 Nov 06 22:56:16, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    Secondly, even according to FTA-1007:

    1. Some works (for example works of the U.S. Government) are not
    subject to copyright. However, to the extent that the submission
    is or may be subject to copyright, the contributor, the
    organization he represents (if any) and the owners of any
    proprietary rights in the contribution, grant an unlimited
    perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and
    license to the FTSC under any copyrights in the contribution.
    This license includes the right to copy, publish and distribute
    the contribution in any way, and to prepare derivative works that
    are based on or incorporate all or part of the contribution, the
    license to such derivative works to be of the same scope as the
    license of the original contribution.

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's outdated documents to present standard.

    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an effort to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with FTS-1... we cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's express permission and he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that permission... apparently the document name falls under his copyright... so a new document has to be written with a different title AND policy 4 has to be changed to reference the new document...
    until that happens, well...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 22:22:22
    Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    07 Nov 2018 12:19:50, you wrote to Björn Felten:

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's
    outdated documents to present standard.
    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an effort
    to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with FTS-1... we
    cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's express permission

    You possibly can't (you live in US and US legislation applies to you), but others can (personally I can even use portions of old text without breaking Russian laws).

    and he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that
    permission...

    If you really care of that, you may abstain of participating in the rewrite (nobody would blame you for that).

    Or... possibly we'd appreciate help from anonymous contributors :-)

    apparently the document name falls under his copyright...

    The very word "copyright" is meaningless outside the US and, possibly, some other countries with similar legislation.

    so a new document has to be written with a different title

    Not really necessary.


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  • From Rob Swindell to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 11:29:37
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: mark lewis to Björn Felten on Wed Nov 07 2018 12:19 pm

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's outdated documents to present standard.

    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an effort to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with FTS-1... we cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's express permission and he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that permission...

    Did he give a reason?
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Alexey Vissarionov on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 21:01:04
    Hi Alexey!

    Nov 07 22:22 2018, Alexey Vissarionov wrote to mark lewis:

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's
    outdated documents to present standard.

    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an effort
    to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with FTS-1... we
    cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's express permission

    You possibly can't (you live in US and US legislation applies to
    you), but others can (personally I can even use portions of old text without breaking Russian laws).

    We could simply write new FTS docs for the different sections of FTS-1 and tag FTS-1 "obsoleted by FTS-xxxx, FTS-yyyy ...".

    ciao,
    Markus

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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Rob Swindell on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 23:24:34
    Good ${greeting_time}, Rob!

    07 Nov 2018 11:29:36, you wrote to mark lewis:

    he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that permission...
    Did he give a reason?

    Do you really care of that?


    --
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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Markus Reschke on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 23:26:36
    Good ${greeting_time}, Markus!

    07 Nov 2018 21:01:04, you wrote to me:

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's
    outdated documents to present standard.
    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an
    effort to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with
    FTS-1... we cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's
    express permission
    You possibly can't (you live in US and US legislation applies to
    you), but others can (personally I can even use portions of old
    text without breaking Russian laws).
    We could simply write new FTS docs for the different sections of
    FTS-1 and tag FTS-1 "obsoleted by FTS-xxxx, FTS-yyyy ...".

    Generally, we should not care of any and all "copyrights". If we need to use something defined in FTS-0001.016, we'd use it regardless of anything (while issuing separate FTSes may be desirable for different topics). However, the resulting FTS-0001.017 is very likely to contain only basic definitions and references to other documents.


    --
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  • From Rob Swindell to Alexey Vissarionov on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 14:39:49
    Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Alexey Vissarionov to Rob Swindell on Wed Nov 07 2018 11:24 pm

    Good ${greeting_time}, Rob!

    07 Nov 2018 11:29:36, you wrote to mark lewis:

    he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that permission...
    Did he give a reason?

    Do you really care of that?

    Yeah. Or I wouldn't have asked. But I guess it's not that important, just a curiosity.
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to All on Thursday, November 08, 2018 02:33:42

    I've just been in touch with Randy Bush like 10 minutes ago.

    And Tom Jennings also chimed-in. What an old-fashioned short-fused fellah ...

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33
    * Origin: A man's most proud moment is when he takes a shit (2:292/854)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Björn Felten on Thursday, November 08, 2018 06:59:27
    Hello Björn,

    06 Nov 18 22:56 at you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    First of all: US copyright law does *not* apply outside of the USA.

    You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne Convention then (of which all countries represented in this echo are members of)?

    From the Wikipedia article about the Berne Convention:

    "Since almost all nations are members of the World Trade Organization, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights requires non-members to accept almost all of the conditions of the Berne Convention."

    So pretty much, yes, there's common copyright law that applies in each signatory state, as well as further refinements in each state.

    So, yes, if Mr. Jennings wanted to push the issue, he could enforce both his copyright and trademark.

    But to avoid all of that, one could put what they publish under one of the many Creative Commons licenses.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 13:40:11
    You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne Convention
    then (of which all countries represented in this echo are members of)?

    Yes I've heard about it. It's from 1886. The USA didn't however ratify it until more than 100 years later (entered into force for the United States on March 1, 1989), when they realized that they started to lose more money than they gained from continuing to violate the convention, happily copying and selling famous foreign works for centuries.

    From the same Wikipedia article:

    The United States initially refused to become a party to the Convention, since that would have required major changes in its copyright law, particularly with regard to moral rights, removal of the general requirement for registration of copyright works and elimination of mandatory copyright notice.

    So, yes, if Mr. Jennings wanted to push the issue, he could enforce both his copyright and trademark.

    Unfortunately for him, as I recall it, those claims predate March 1, 1989 so
    I don't think he'd get lucky on an international arena.

    But to avoid all of that, one could put what they publish under one of the many Creative Commons licenses.

    That's not how it works.





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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Björn Felten on Thursday, November 08, 2018 08:29:10
    Hello Björn,

    08 Nov 18 13:40 at you wrote to me:

    That's not how it works.

    So enlighten us.

    Later,
    Sean

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 17:17:22
    Good ${greeting_time}, Sean!

    08 Nov 2018 06:59:26, you wrote to Björn Felten:

    First of all: US copyright law does *not* apply outside of the USA.
    You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne Convention then (of which all countries represented in this echo are members of)?

    You are referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention which states: "The Berne Convention formally mandated several aspects of modern copyright law; it introduced the concept that a copyright exists the moment a work is "fixed", rather than requiring registration. It also enforces a requirement that countries recognize copyrights held by the citizens of all other parties to the convention.".

    However:
    1. It applies only to literary and artistic works (so technical documentation isn't covered by it).
    2. The article in English uses the word "copyright"; article in Russian uses "áóΓ«α߬«Ñ »αáó«" (meaning the authorship itself, as opposed to plagiarism; it appears closer to German "Urheberrecht" and French "Droit d'auteur", than to copyright) - both appear to be correct, but... for different countries.

    If necessary, I can serve as a principal author for the new FTS-0001 :-)


    --
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Rob Swindell on Thursday, November 08, 2018 08:56:44

    On 2018 Nov 07 11:29:36, you wrote to me:

    The above clause surely makes it possible to update even Randy's
    outdated documents to present standard.

    the above was written by the 2nd incarnation of the FTSC as an effort
    to clarify things and avoid problems like we have with FTS-1... we
    cannot update or alter FTS-1 without the author's express permission
    and he has specifically and *emphatically* not given that
    permission...

    Did he give a reason?

    not that i recall... last i knew, he was on FB if someone wants to approach him
    about it again...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... I hope they don't raise the standard of living; I can't afford it now.
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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Alexey Vissarionov on Thursday, November 08, 2018 11:51:06
    On 08 Nov 18 17:17:22, Alexey Vissarionov said the following to Sean Dennis:

    If necessary, I can serve as a principal author for the new FTS-0001 :-)

    As long as you don't continue to make unsubstantiated swipes against "ancient software", like you and some other developers have in the past and still continue to do so against your ZC2.

    I want to enjoy your vodka...

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 18:20:44
    Sean,

    Cut-and-pasting from Wikipedia does not equal knowledge.

    First of all: US copyright law does *not* apply outside of the USA.

    You're right, it doesn't, however, you've never heard of the Berne Convention then (of which all countries represented in this echo are members of)?

    I hate to burst your bubble, but Bjorn is right all the way.

    First of all, there is not a single country member of the Berne Convention (1886 btw), simply because there are no membership provisions. Countries can become a signatory and in itself that doesn't mean a thing. There's a tedious process of transforming it into national law in each individual country which has signed irrespective of what the convention stipulates. The convention does not supercede national law.

    Signing is not sufficient, proper ratification is.

    In that ratification process the wording of the convention is not copied verbatim but a transcription into local custom is made which will fit each nation's legal system, will not be in conflict with each individual constitution and may need approval by each individual supreme court as well as appropriate lower level courts.

    In the case of EU-countries, the EU deals with international treaties with one voice for the 28 different countries (27 after Brexit) leading to a single harmonized version. It translates into 11 different directives and 3 regulations. Those directives need to go through each country's legal system again and transformed into national law.

    Sending a posse to Sweden simply is not going to work, the posse has no jurisdiction <period>.

    "Since almost all nations are members of the World Trade Organization,
    the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights requires non-members to accept almost all of the conditions of the Berne Convention."

    I would say 'dream on'. There are ample documented cases where the USA itself has refused to deal with copyright cases which invoked the Berne Convention. You can't have it both ways. Talk to China, talk to Russia à

    So pretty much, yes, there's common copyright law that applies in each signatory state, as well as further refinements in each state.

    Nope. For the simple fact that a copyright infringement in one country may very
    well be OK in another country. The plaintiff has no leg to stand on.

    So, yes, if Mr. Jennings wanted to push the issue, he could enforce both his copyright and trademark.

    I doubt that very much.

    The full name of the Berne-convention is:

    "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works"

    The Tom Jennings trademark stuff does not involve a work with literary or artistic merit. Full stop. It's not worth the paper it is written on. Probably Americans just love the "All rights reserved" type of wording, but the fact is in the case of Fidonet it is totally useless.

    The copyright and trademark notifications of Tom Jennings have been removed here over 20 years ago because they mean nothing. I have been vaguely threatened and nothing more after that. He did so again 2 days ago, what a farce this person is à

    But to avoid all of that, one could put what they publish under one of
    the many Creative Commons licenses.

    If that makes the author happy and to keep the discussion going à by all means.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33
    * Origin: A man's most proud moment is when he takes a shit (2:292/854)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 18:52:04
    That's not how it works.

    So enlighten us.

    I have neither the time nor the inclination. Ward scraped on the surface in his comment to you, you can start reading his comment and then take it from there. Be prepared to spend a *lot* of time on it. I know, I've done just that as one of the founding members of the original Pirate Party.



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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Alexey Vissarionov on Thursday, November 08, 2018 13:03:13
    Hello Alexey,

    08 Nov 18 17:17 at you wrote to me:

    If necessary, I can serve as a principal author for the new FTS-0001
    :-)

    That sounds great. Let's get started.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... He that would have fruit must climb the tree. - Thomas Fuller
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Nick Andre on Thursday, November 08, 2018 13:04:03
    Hello Nick,

    08 Nov 18 11:51 at you wrote to Alexey Vissarionov:

    As long as you don't continue to make unsubstantiated swipes against "ancient software", like you and some other developers have in the
    past and still continue to do so against your ZC2.

    Well, it is ancient, whether it was written in 1984 or 2018. We are dealing with 40+ year old technology here. It's a hobby and it needs to be treated as such.

    My opinion isn't worth a hill of beans but then again no one's is worth much more either. ;)

    Later,
    Sean

    ... A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. - Norwegian proverb
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 08, 2018 13:08:33
    Hello Ward,

    08 Nov 18 18:20 at you wrote to me:

    Cut-and-pasting from Wikipedia does not equal knowledge.

    That's more effort than you've put out. At least I try to backup my statements with facts; something you're not keen to do.

    Instead, you insist on spamming people with whiny, pouty netmails about how you've been mistreated in the FTSC echo. That's pretty sad, Ward.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, I have actual FTSC business to attend to elsewhere. I think I'll drop the FTSC_PUBLIC echo because it's nothing but a distraction because of people like you and Bjorn constantly bloviating on the rare chance that someone actually gives a shit about what you two think.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... GIVE: Support the helpless victims of computer error.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 19:55:10
    because of people like you and Bjorn constantly bloviating on the rare chance that someone actually gives a shit about what you two think.

    And this, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly the attitude that has crippled the FTSC work for many years now.



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 08, 2018 21:39:21
    Nope. For the simple fact that a copyright infringement in one country
    may very well be OK in another country. The plaintiff has no leg to
    stand on.

    Common for all countries that I know of is the threshold of originality demand. You cannot just scribble down some text on a napkin and claim copyright.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality

    In the FTS-1 case it's obvious, even by the "author's" own admission -- in the two last sections (K and L) -- that almost nothing in the
    document is Randy's own work, it's just a collection of other people's work. No
    originality what so ever...


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Björn Felten on Thursday, November 08, 2018 15:29:28

    On 2018 Nov 08 19:55:10, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

    because of people like you and Bjorn constantly bloviating on the rare
    chance that someone actually gives a shit about what you two think.

    And this, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly the attitude that has
    crippled the FTSC work for many years now.

    you don't accept any blame? you have certainly been a participant for many years now...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Another addition to the Museum of the Kitchen of Gadgets.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to mark lewis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 21:56:45
    chance that someone actually gives a shit about what you two think.

    you don't accept any blame? you have certainly been a participant for
    many years now...

    Have you seen me accusing someone with the above "don't give a shit about what you think"?


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Björn Felten on Thursday, November 08, 2018 16:46:10
    On 2018 Nov 08 21:39:20, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    In the FTS-1 case it's obvious, even by the "author's" own admission
    -- in the two last sections (K and L) -- that almost nothing in the document is Randy's own work, it's just a collection of other people's work. No originality what so ever...

    you might want to talk to him about that... it has always been my understanding, since i first read the document, that it is his original work with input and clarifications from others who were more technical and into the code than he...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... I'm weird, but around here it's barely noticeable.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Björn Felten on Thursday, November 08, 2018 16:48:00
    On 2018 Nov 08 21:56:44, you wrote to me:

    chance that someone actually gives a shit about what you two think.

    you don't accept any blame? you have certainly been a participant for
    many years now...

    Have you seen me accusing someone with the above "don't give a shit
    about what you think"?

    that's not the point... i see that you also cut out your quoted response...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Success is a simple formula. Do your best and people may like it.
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    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to mark lewis on Thursday, November 08, 2018 23:35:16
    i see that you also cut out your quoted response...

    I've always tried to trim the quoted text down to a bare minimum.

    You may not be aware of it, but most people find it hard to read ugly quoted
    text with just one single line added to it.

    This is why we have comment linking in 21st century FTN software, for those that are interested enough to actually follow the discussion backwards.



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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Björn Felten on Friday, November 09, 2018 11:07:48

    On 2018 Nov 08 23:35:16, you wrote to me:

    i see that you also cut out your quoted response...

    I've always tried to trim the quoted text down to a bare minimum.

    right... no problem with that but don't cut out part in the middle that is relevant...

    You may not be aware of it, but most people find it hard to read ugly quoted text with just one single line added to it.

    i am quite aware of it...

    This is why we have comment linking in 21st century FTN software, for those that are interested enough to actually follow the discussion backwards.

    that helps but not all software in use today has that capability... YYMV...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... It's nice living in the Upper Ottawa Valley.
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Nick Andre on Monday, November 12, 2018 15:19:10
    Re: Re: Out of the woodwork
    By: Nick Andre to Alexey Vissarionov on Thu Nov 08 2018 11:51 am

    If necessary, I can serve as a principal author for the new FTS-0001
    :-)


    As long as you don't continue to make unsubstantiated swipes against "ancient software", like you and some other developers have in the past and still continue to do so against your ZC2.

    And as long as there is no push to demand all sites use a codepage native to his own country which would decimate Z1, 3, 4.

    xxcarol
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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Carol Shenkenberger on Monday, November 12, 2018 15:57:11
    On 12 Nov 18 15:19:10, Carol Shenkenberger said the following to Nick Andre:

    As long as you don't continue to make unsubstantiated swipes against "ancient software", like you and some other developers have in the pas and still continue to do so against your ZC2.

    And as long as there is no push to demand all sites use a codepage native t his own country which would decimate Z1, 3, 4.

    No plans here, no matter how much vodka he wants to send my way.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
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