On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Jonathan Yu <jonathan.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) > <jonat...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Gunnar Wolf wrote: > >> Now... I am surprised this is seen so harshly. This is not the first > >> site I see that syndicates Planet Debian. What I can understand is > > > > There's a big difference between aggregating posts and claiming that > > their yours. The heading of the site says that the site is the blog, and > > the posts link back to entries on the site (not the original author > > sites). It gives the (wrong) impression that the entries were > > specifically written for the site. If you scroll down all the way there > > are Google ads at the bottom. He's clearly abusing the planet's content > > for his own gain. > Perhaps we can solve this from the Planet Debian side by adding a link > to the original article in the bottom of either the posts or the RSS > feeds (wherever that web site is pulling the articles from). We could > also consider determining and blocking the IPs the person is pulling > from, though that will generally just lead to a cat-and-mouse type > situation > > > > -Jonathan
And how is planet debian licensed anyway ? There is an implicit licensing of the blog authors to the planet since aggregation is voluntary but what about redistribution ? :D Arthur -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
