Groklaw Will Be Archived At Library of Congress 81
inode_buddha writes "Groklaw has just received an invitation to be archived in the Library of Congress. In true FOSS style, PJ has decided to ask all the contributors and commenters if they wish to be included, since commenters own the copyrights on their comments. So far, the answer seems to be 'yes,' even for Anonymous Cowards. It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person."
What shallI do? (Score:4, Funny)
I contributed several comments to Groklaw but those comments I lifted from a number of Slashdotters. How do I handle that? I just want to do the right thing.
One LoC + x (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One LoC + x (Score:3, Funny)
About 2 and a half Slashdots.
People are often dumb, but... (Score:5, Funny)
It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person.
I rather doubt many future researchers would think that "Anonymous Coward" is one person, though I can't speak for members of Congress. I can certainly imagine Ted Stevens talking about the tremendously prolific output of A. Coward flowing through a series of tubes....
I hereby... (Score:3, Funny)
... give permission for all my comments to be archived without limitations.
Yours truly,
Anonymous Coward
Now slashdot won't have to worry about that in the unlikely case anybody ever finds its contents useful enough to preserve them for future generations.
And the Smithsonian is planning an exhibit of ... (Score:3, Funny)
... the mummified head of Daryl McBride on a pike.
You toss in a quarter, and the head screams "I'll swallow your code! I'll swallow your code!," whilst you get to whack at it with a chainsaw and plink it with the shotgun out of the Smithsonian Housewares exhibit, and taunt it with Bruce Campbell grimaces.
Re:People are often dumb, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Size of Groklaw archive (Score:5, Funny)
Re:People are often dumb, but... (Score:4, Funny)
It's amazing just how many books this "Ibid" chap has written.
And "et al" seems a really common surname among authors of scientific papers.
Re:What shallI do? (Score:5, Funny)
The right thing is obviously to sue the true rights holders in a protracted and monumentally expensive legal battle dragging your name through the mud and ultimately making a complete ass of yourself, after artificially inflating your stock price for a little while.
Re:What shallI do? (Score:5, Funny)
There is a man in Utah (I think) who is interested in your plan and wishes to invest his unemployment benefits in suing you for infringement of his patents. Call Darl@mcdonalds.ut.us