[AccessD] [dba-OT] Web site download

[Arthur Fuller]

As a case in point, I have been accumulating VBA code snippets for a decade
or two, and storing them all in MS OneNote. I'm thinking of converting this
to a web site. All code snippets come with their authors' attributes.
Gustav and Shamil and Martin Reid and Breen have contributed valuable code
which I have faithfully preserved, and would like to make available.

All the code that I didn't write is accredited to the authors of same. I
wish to publish all of this. All accreditations are intact in the code that
I propose to post.

Does anyone, particularly the authors of code I want to include, which was
freely contributed to this web site, have any objection to this project?
I'm eager not to step on anyone's toes, with extra-special attention to
Gustav, JWC, Sturart amd others on this list, while also eager to share the
insights within these snippets.

Some portion of what I propose to post and make publicly available I wrote
myself. But I think that the collective weight of others outweighs my own
contributions. As I said, all the snippets I have collected contain
accreditations to their authors -- well I hope so,anyway. Some of the
snippets contain no reference to their authors, and my attempts to accord
credit where credit is due may not have been updated in a timely and
accurate fashion.

This rather large collection of code snips is currently housed within a
OneNote notebook. I'm not exactly sure how to convert this into a
collection of web pages -- I'll figure that out in due time, but I just
want to be sure that my intentions are clear: no profit motive lurks
anywhere within this project. I just want to share all the Access VBA stuff
I've collected over the years. I personally find this collection an
invaluable resource, to which I turn frequently when faced with some new
task to accomplish in Access (or Word or Excel) using VBA code.

I have sent this OneNote notebook to a couple of listers, who have
described the collection as a treasure-trove or a cornucopia of snippets.
So I wish to make it publicly available, with no profit motive in sight and
none intended.

Does anyone have any insights as to how to convert a OneNote notebook into
a series of web pages? I could do it by hand, but there are numerous
sections within which are dozens of pages, and conversion by hand could
take a while.

Arthur

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Dickford Cohn <dickford1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a good question. I don't know the answer. Leaving it where it is
> shouldn't present a burden, I would think. I'm guessing...but this suggests
> that there is some sort of ongoing financial arrangement that is required
> to be maintained with contributors, etc. That plus any extended liability.
> Just a wild-ass guess, of course.
>
> Dickford
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:29 PM, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net>
> wrote:
>
> > All good points. And I agree the author's rights are being trampled upon
> > by the internet remoras like google.
> >
> > An aside, how it is "saving them money" by taking the content down? Why
> > don't they just leave it as is?
> >
> > Seriously, if the small cost of hosting existing data is going to help
> > make the BBC solvent, then collapse can't be far behind.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-OT [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> > Dickford Cohn
> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 7:56 AM
> > To: Off Topic
> > Subject: Re: [dba-OT] Web site download
> >
> > Excellent rebuttal, Bryan! No, you're not missing anything...
> >
> > BTW, how's the old bod doin'?
> >
> > Dickford
> >
> > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Bryan Carbonnell <carbonnb at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Inline...
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > > > That is of course technically speaking and what I have been
> > > > complaining
> > > about for a long time.
> > > >
> > > > Our governments have set the bar by feeling they have rights to
> > > everything and everyone. It is a do as we say not as we do. You can
> > > see why confusion as to who owns what is not as clear cut as it use to
> > be.
> > >
> > > What? I'm not sure what you are talking about. The content on the BBC
> > > website IS their IP unless they got the content from someone else. And
> > > in their terms they clearly state that.
> > >
> > > There is no confusion. The content, ANY content is owned by the
> > > author/creator. Full stop. They own it. They have the copyright on it.
> > > They get to decide how it gets used. Period. End of discussion. Ain't
> > > no confusion there. It is pretty clear.
> > >
> > > Even if they release the content as open source, it's still their
> > > copyright. They still get to decide how it's used by the open source
> > > licence they assign to it and if it gets misused, then they have every
> > > right to seek restitution in court.
> > >
> > > Maybe its difference in BC, bu that's the way it is everywhere I've
> been.
> > >
> > > > On the rights to books; many authors would be pleased of your
> > > > support
> > > but large corporations like Google seem to be able to interpret DRM as
> > > to their convenience and profit. As most books are not even printed it
> > > is unlikely that I will be able to find a rare author even in the book
> > > bin. An author whose only books are digital may be able to win the
> > > case of protecting their rights to receive fair payment but then they
> > > will have to be willing to market their own product on the web. An
> > > effort that is apparently too complex for most so many great books
> > > have just been lost...sad.
> > >
> > > Yea, and Google has been to court for the way they have interpreted
> > > DRM. Not sure what your point is.
> > >
> > > > Aside: I am sure there is a business opportunity waiting to be
> > > > explored
> > > but I am not up to the challenge.
> > > >
> > > > As for BBC's web information it is predicated around its subsequent
> > use.
> > > It basically can be used for free but only for personal use and the
> > > information can not be sold or distributed, in any format, without the
> > > express consent of BBC.
> > >
> > > Yea, and what's wrong with that? They own the content. It's their IP.
> > > They paid someone to come up with it, be it a food blog, a news story,
> > > a sports story, or anything else that's there. They get to decide how
> > > it's used.
> > >
> > > I really don't see why it's so hard to understand when someone creates
> > > something, they own the rights to decide how its' used, be it a person
> > > or a business. Unless I'm missing something.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
> > > Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a
> > > well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
> > > shouting "What a great ride!"
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>



-- 
Arthur