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From: lastfuture@lastfuture.de (Peter -lastfuture- Marquardt)
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Subject: Re: Unattributed Ascii-Art?
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:13:13 GMT
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:33:44 GMT, mewnews@softhome.net (JamesDad)
wrote:

><LURK MODE OFF>

[...]

>UNK : UNKnown source.
>#AU# : Artist unknown. The "#" characters would highlight that it was not
>	someone with the initials "AU" who did the artwork.
>*U* : again, Unknown source.
>#NBM# : Not By Me
>UNATTR : UNATTRibuted; artist unknown.
>
>My hug might then appear as: 
>
>       ___                 .~~~~ .                 ___
>  ____(   \              /________\               /   )____
> (____     \_____       / |(@||@)| \       ______/     ____)
>(____ A HUG FOR U`-----(      >     )-----'A HUG FOR U ____)
> (____     _____________@@  .___. @@______________     ____)
>   (______/             @@@.____.@@@  #AU#        \______)
>                         @@@@@@@@@@
>                          @@@@@@@@
>
>  (View this in a monospaced font like Courier New or else 
>      you'll think this is a Picasso instead of a hug!)
>
>And if someone KNEW who the artist was, they could let me know or if I
>found an attributed version later, I'd just need to change the #AU# to
>JGS, VK, or whoever created it.

this sure is a great idea... i kinda like it.. not your particular
suggestions but the idea of marking unattributed ascii art to
distinguish it from "self made free for use" ascii art :)

[...]

>I'd like to see some discussion on this subject, and hopefully a
>"standard" code emerging (which could be added to the FAQ) that, among
>other things, I can use on my "Webb-Spinnings" header to indicate that I
>respect giving ascii-artists credit for their work, even when I don't know
>who did it.

i think there will be discussed about it and maybe a new standard will
emerge :) it's definitely a thing to spend some thought on
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