Freethought Forum Post Ownership and Editing Policy
Any post or article published on the Freethought Forum is the exclusive
copyright of the author. The Freethought Forum can neither reproduce
elsewhere nor seek to profit from any such writing without the explicit
consent of the author.
The Freethought Forum does, however, own the work
within its context.
Although there is no case law to speak of on the subject, we consider
the unique database of the FF a collective work - as defined by
Title 17 of the United States Code - to which the FF owners/administrators hold the exclusive copyright.
You can repost your writing anywhere you wish, in other words, and the
FF has no right to reprint or profit from it without your permission.
You cannot, however, publish the work of other people in whole or in
part, or remove, redact or in any other way significantly alter your
contributions to the collective work without our permission.
To maintain the integrity of the compilation, we have therefore chosen
(somewhat arbitrarily, granted) to set a 24 hour time limit on post
editing on the grounds that any changes made to a post after a day has
passed could materially damage the collective work. We believe the
dynamic, interactive nature of thread development requires this
protection as a mutilated thread is truly painful to behold. A tag
noting the edit and, if the poster chooses to fill in the appropriate
field, the reason for said edit will denote any changes made more than
10 minutes after the initial posting time.
If any member wishes to make a change past the 24 hour window, she is
more than welcome to contact either administrator privately via PM or
post a thread in Forum Administration. If the modification does not
substantively alter the content of her post or inject chaos into the
sense of the thread, we will be glad to make it for her.
