1. What constitutes public information [readily available
to all and sundry]; and what is private?
my answer: information accessible without need of user ID,
and/or/password or other form of authentication is public;
information requiring authorisation or security clearance
is private
2. Public information can be cited, referenced, refered to, or even
"linked to" by anyone for whatever reasons. No-one would challenge
a mass media publication or bibliography for mentioning publicly
available works. No-one should challenge hypertext links to
public Web pages for the same reason.
Of course, whether the reference to a work or body of information
is a hypertext link or part of a bibliography, proper and due
credit must be given for the work being cited. Adn under no circum-
stances is it permissible to give the misleading impression that
someone other than the author/copyright owner created the work.
Richard Welykochy
Dot Communications Ltd tel: (02) 9281 1111
Level 19, 323 Castlereagh St fax: (02) 9281 2219
Sydney NSW 2000