permaculture

[Keith D Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Thank you Christophe for saving me the trouble of explaining this.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Christophe McKeon <polypus74@gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 23, 2010 12:16 PM
>To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [permaculture] new permaculture news website -Sebastien   
>Bacharach
>
>yeah i'm confused too.
>
>the whole point of even having an RSS feed is precisely so that the  content
>can be aggregated by *anybody* who wants to aggregate it. if you have a blog
>and you are generating an RSS feed then you are by fiat encouraging sites
>like permienews to aggregate your content. that is why RSS exists in the
>first place.
>
>if you don't want your content aggregated then you shouldn't have an RSS
>feed. it's kind of like standing in the street with a sign that says free
>stuff, and then calling the cops when somebody takes the free stuff.
>
>please all, read this before getting your knickers in a knot:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS