Message 5104 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> Hi Dan, 
> 
> Do you mind if I put this tip on my website ?

Well, thanks for asking, but you know what? I think that the best way you 
could utilize whatever of value you think I (or indeed anyone) have said here 
is to:

Quote what you think is relevant (up to say, 30%), and link the entire passage 
back to this original posting, to ensure the context is true to the original 
source and intent. "Fair Use" is commonly granted at 10% (or 1000 words) 
although on the web blogs and news feeds we find that substantially more is 
fine provided a link to the original is readily promoted.

This "opinion piece" of mine is not one I would readily promote to anyone as 
the right way to behave, or even good advice, but I stand behind it as what 
I want(ed) to say here. I contribute here, to the Webtender, to this community 
as I experience it. I would be happy if anyone who either agreed or disagreed 
with my raves would join us here, and contribute themselves. So, in order to 
both enhance the vibrant discussions we have here and to avoid finding my 
words out of context and double-dereferenced I would prefer to be referenced 
rather than copy-and-pasted verbatim.
This is, I think, a reasonable attitude. Yes, I am, as I've said before, 
something of an expert in web/media/copyright/ethics.

I don't think that anyone here could seriously object to being quoted, 
sparingly, on your site, so long as proper context was provided and linked 
to. I also think that many of us would be happy to direct the seekers after 
illumination to find us here, hanging out at the Webtender.

Does this sound fair? ... workable and constructive?

.dan.

Oh, and while (if) you do this, it would be advisable to trim the URL down to 
just the message ID numbers, eg chop
...iforum/message.cgi?id=34817&show=21&sort=thread
to
...iforum/message.cgi?id=34817

... just to (maybe) future-proof these links a little. (yes, I'm a techie who 
sympathizes with the monster Pal has created here.)