helimski.com website: Correction and apology

[Stefan Georg]

> Dear Ura-list's readers,


While it may be technically correct to describe contents made  
accessible on the internet as publicly available, this fact does not  
waive the general rules of decency and proper scholarly conduct,  
among which the rule to ask the owner for permission before citing/ 
quoting/re-using such contents is not the least important one.
In this respect, alerting others to the existence of a website seems  
to be perfectly OK, but insisting that everything found there is  
public property and attacking people who add a friendly addition by  
the owner of the respective intellectual property about its proper  
and intended use is certainly not.

I have been alerted to the existence of the said website weeks ago on  
a private channel and find it extremely useful. But it should *go  
without saying* that only the papers and materials *published on  
paper in some (sometimes difficult to access) outlet* can be regarded  
as quotable "public domain", while unpublished and visibly unfinished  
contents *obviously are not* and would *in any case* require to  
contact their owner before making any use of them which goes beyond  
purposes of personal education and learning.

I can see no reason for polemicizing against the expressed wish of  
the owner of this intellectual property, much less against the  
colleague who makes this wish publicly known.

Stefan Georg

Am 02.09.2007 um 10:39 schrieb Denis Sacharnych:

> Zitiere Johanna Laakso <johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at>:
>
>> Dear All,
>
>> I must apologize for taking the message from Denis Sacharnych at  
>> face value
>> and distributing the address of E. Helimski's website, without  
>> consulting
>> the site owner
>
> Dear Ura-list's readers,
>
> 'Available in the Internet' means 'available for EVERYBODY',  
> without any limitations and restrictions.
>
> This would be my only and last comment to the Johanna's last  
> message (full of emotions, as usually :)).
>
> -- 
> Yours
> Denis
>
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