User talk:Guit4r9uy

~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Baen CD-ROM

 * here is text from an email from baen


 * Dear ****,


 * Here's the thing. While I thiunk this guy is discourteous in the extrreme, we did say anyone could distribut files from aBaen CD in any way they chose, as long as they make no money from it, and made no changes to the files. If onyone does that (removes author's name or copyright noctice, say) we'd have to sic a lawyer on them. Otherwise, I guess we must grin and bear the loss of some of the CD's promotional value. (Promotional value is indeed part of our Evil Plan.)


 * As long as there are people like you out there, people who understand that it is socially brutish to puunish people for doing the right thing, I guess we'll be ok.


 * Best wishes,


 * jim baen


 * (spelling mistakes are his)
 * Guit4r9uy

I'm afraid I have a hard time believing a professional publisher would respond with such a poorly written email, but I could be wrong. Since you apparently told Jim Baen something which caused him to think of me as "discourteous in the extrreme" and "socially brutish", I thought I'd better make sure that Mr. Baen hear from the brutish horse's mouth, as it were, and ensure that he had links to an uneditable copy of the exact dialog that apparently motivated this personal communication. I've sent you a copy (via your email address registered with Wikiquote, if you have one) of my own correspondence with Mr. Baen, asking for clarification on this matter. (If you don't get the email, you can send me an email through the "E-mail this user" link so I can forward you a copy.) I will also let you know if I hear anything from him.

I think it's great that the Baen Free Library exists to promote distribution of its products. Besides my own fannish enjoyment, it makes it much easier to grab quotes for Wikiquote. But it doesn't free Wikiquote editors from the responsibility of ensuring that any links we add go to responsible sites. As I already said at Talk:David Weber, I was concerned that your new link was potentially copyvio and asked for justification, you provided it and restored a link (or variation thereof), and I thought the matter was settled. I'm rather disappointed you seem to feel a need to muster external support for your anger toward me. As Rodney King famously said, "Can't we all just get along?" ~ Jeff Q (talk) 09:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Proper signing
Hi! I wanted to use the standard WikiSignature, ~ when signing your edits on talk pages. Using this has several advantages, among them automatically adding the time/date, and adding a link to your user page. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:53, 10 October 2005 (UTC)