From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/02/2014 07:31 PM, J.Pascal wrote:   
      
   > First determine what was the purpose of the bar and who the conference is   
   intended for.   
      
   Strongly agree.   
      
   When you begin attempting to make rules for what "published" means there   
   are many considerations.  First one might split between fiction and   
   nonfiction.  Then one needs to determine whether the publication appears   
   under the author's name or not, there may be authors who are both   
   serious and talented who have ghostwritten either fiction or nonfiction,   
   or written nonfiction documents published only under a corporate label.   
      
   It appears at first glance that "the purpose of the bar" was to ensure   
   that only those "who the conference is intended for" may attend.  If   
   it's a club, admit it and get on with it; the FarceBork mechanism   
    could probably be used to limit it to "friends".   
      
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