> The maintainer of gmane.org
> considers a list to be open or public if he can subscribe his scraper
> account to it thereafter the content is fair game for public
> redistribution. He will accept a request from any one to scrape a list
> without contacting the list owners/operators first.
To be fair, their FAQ says this:
> Ok, I want to add a public mailing list. Tell me how.
>
> If you have any doubts about whether the mailing list wants to be
> carried by Gmane, ask the people on the mailing list first. Or at
> least the mailing list administrator. Then you fill out the
> subscription page.
- John D. Burger
MITRE