Re: Linking to web sites

Posted by Patricia Mauck on September 14, 1997 at 21:50:14:

In Reply to: Linking to web sites posted by David Wood on September 14, 1997 at 19:34:28:

: There should be no hinderance to viewing web sites, they are after all just like a shop window in Main Street. If people do not want their sites linked to, then they should keep to an internal system and not hamper the development of the internet for all to use!

Half the fun and challenge of the Web, is never knowing where you will end up and what you will discover. The magical link takes the browser on and on to related and unrelated information troves and there is no stopping. As David Wood said, if people don't want their sites linked to, then don't publish it on the web. Links are like the references and card catalogs in a library.
Linking is not the same as copying and using. Linking merely points the way to more information.
No permission should be required to add a link to any website. Informing the webmaster of the link is courteous, but not necessary .

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: : : There should be no hinderance to viewing web sites, they are after all just like a shop window in Main Street. If people do not want their sites linked to, then they should keep to an internal system and not hamper the development of the internet for all to use! : Half the fun and challenge of the Web, is never knowing where you will end up and what you will discover. The magical link takes the browser on and on to related and unrelated information troves and there is no stopping. As David Wood said, if people don't want their sites linked to, then don't publish it on the web. Links are like the references and card catalogs in a library. : Linking is not the same as copying and using. Linking merely points the way to more information. : No permission should be required to add a link to any website. Informing the webmaster of the link is courteous, but not necessary .