Hello Bob. Not sure what you mean by "thieves". I had always thought that we put databases on the Web for others to search AND extract info from. Don't see any difference from printing out pages of trees and info, and getting the whole thing. Any database I post to my web site that comes from me is "free for the picking". Likewise to any databases from others that I post. They have all given their permission for these databases to become public domain. If I'm missing something, please let me know, SgtGeorge At 09:38 AM 3/16/98 +0000, Bob Vickers wrote: >On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, George W. Durman wrote: > >> In reference to my previous post on the ProGentitor program, I feel I >> must forward this post from Florence Moore, concerning a program that >> will read the databases on the web and convert them to GEDCOM. If >> this program really works (I haven't logged on yet to try it), it is a >> fantastic >> program indeed. >> > >It sounds a very useful program for thieves. I'm not sure how useful it >would be for honest people, who would always ask the owner before taking a >chunk of database from the web. > >I would have thought that in most legitimate applications it was easier to >filter the original GEDCOM than manipulate the generated HTML, but maybe >I'm missing something. > >Bob >====================================================================== >Bob Vickers R.Vickers@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk >Dept of Computer Science, Royal Holloway College, University of London >WWW: http://www.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk/home/bobv >Phone: +44 1784 443691 >