question about mailing lists license ,

[Gilles Gravier]

Derek,

Derek Broughton wrote:
> a dehqan wrote:
>  
>   
>> Is it against to a mailing list license if someone allows that his/her
>> notes/answers to be copied into a non-free book ?
>>     
>
> It is a violation of international copyright law, if you publish it without 
> the author's permission.  I think most people here though are not averse to 
> you publishing their wisdom; they just don't want to go to the trouble of 
> writing down something, for you to publish, that you could have stolen just 
> as easily from Google.
>   

I agree with you. But you forget one element. It's important to
attribute the quote to whomever said it. If you are going to quote
somebody, you want their approval, and they will want their name mentionned.

As you say, copyright laws... they apply.

Gilles.