Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA (10/19/83)
From: Ken Laws <Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA>
I have received copies of two complaints sent to the author
of a course announcement that I published. The complaints
alleged that the announcement should not have been put out on
the net. I have three comments:
First, such complaints should come to me, not to the original
authors. The author is responsible for the content, but it is
my decision whether or not to distribute the material. In this
case, I felt that the abstract of a new and unique AI course
was of interest to the academic half of the AIList readership.
Second, there is a possibility that the complainants received
the article in undigested form, and did not know that it was
part of an AIList digest. If anyone is currently distributing
AIList in this manner, I want to know about it. Undigested
material is being posted to net.ai and to some bboards, but it
should not be showing up in personal mailboxes.
Third, this course announcement was never formally submitted
to AIList. I picked the item up from a limited distribution,
and failed to add a "reprinted from" or disclaimer line to
note that fact. I apologize to Dr. Moore for not getting in
touch with him before sending the item out.
-- Ken Laws