>DATE:   Sun, 17 Oct 1993 22:43:37 +0100
>FROM:   Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>
>I see a number of problems with this copyright notice:
>
>1. It is US-centric in its references  to law. [deletion]
 
Very good point. Thank you.
 
>2. There are a  number of statements of the type  "...like with any other
>   list" where the preceding  statement is not a given. [deletion]
 
I was concerned about this point. Lists do vary.
 
>What worries me in fact is that the notice sounds more like
>guidelines than like a disclaimer. [deletion] [W]hat you wanted to
>say is that the list moderator can't be held responsible if this
>happens, because he has no control over the subscribers.
 
>  Eric
 
This is indeed what I'd like to say. In only a few words, if possible.
I'm in favor of helping to lay down a few guidelines, but what matters
to me most is simply that there's nothing I can do to control the use
made of and destinations of posts made to the list. Are there sample
disclaimers about that I could use? I've done a search for "disclaim"
in the lstown-l archives, but what I pulled up are a lot of messages
with a disclaimer at the end! ;-)