From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 05:55:25 CDT
In <1euaokv.4yt0layiefygM%dennis.scp@multiweb.nl> dennis.scp@multiweb.nl (Dennis SCP) writes:
>The only definition of an Archive is a time constraint. Just define a
>standard time constraint. Say three months or 100 days. It should apply
>to the article itself, whether on a server or in a archive, otherwise it
>is useless. Anyone who does not comply denies the author his/her wishes
>and will have to answer to their own law. Simple as that.
No, fixing an arbitrary time limit will solve nothing. For some groups,
100 days might be far too long. For some announce groups it might be far
too short. I think all the rest of us are agreed that this is a subjective
issue which the standard should not take a position on, beyone setting out
broad principles. Let the Courts argue out individual cases, if they must.
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