On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 07:47:23PM +0200, Carlo Traverso wrote:
"Marcello" == Marcello Perathoner <marcello@perathoner.de> writes:
Marcello> Anybody fluent enough in French to answer this?
Marcello> I think he wants to set links to our pages. No Marcello> problem. He should use the canonical link form: Marcello> www.gutenberg.net/etext/12345
Yes, he asks the permission to have direct links to PG books. The PG policy should be stated in some obvious place, accessible from the front page. We have a robots link and not a link for "terms and conditions". We should state there how to link to PG books; for example, is linking to www.gutenberg.net/etext/12345/12345-h/12345.html permitted/forbidden/discouraged? So, should we answer "yes", or "yes, but", or "no, but", and on which basis? The exact question he poses is
"I am honored to ask you to be willing to authorize me to have direct links to some ebooks in your site".
The rest is a presentation of his site.
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Marcello> -------- Original Message -------- Date: Fri, 10 Sep Marcello> 2004 09:46:59 +0200 To: webmaster@gutenberg.net From: Marcello> zemirline_mohamed <zemirline_mohamed@yahoo.fr> Subject: Marcello> Demande de liens pour pages d'auteurs
Marcello> Monsieur,
Marcello> J'ai l'Honneur de vous demander de bien vouloir Marcello> m'autoriser d'avoir des liens directs à quelques livres Marcello> électroniques de votre site. En effet, je prépare un Marcello> petit site pour les livres gratuits et votre aide me Marcello> serait d'une très grande utilité. Pour l'instant j'ai Marcello> un petit site pour les photos : "Tibhirine ou La Marcello> Nature": http://membres.lycos.fr/tibhirine Veuillez Marcello> croire Monsieur, en mon entière reconnaissance.
Marcello> zemirline_mohamed@yahoo.fr M.Zemirline
Marcello> -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.net
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