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help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Hammond <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Avoiding legal email signatures
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:14:44 -0700
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Andrew Hammond wrote:
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> On 6/12/07, Tom Lane wrote:
>> A more serious objection is that any automated tool would probably get it
>> wrong sometimes, and strip important text.
>>
>> > I vote 'lets not bother'
>>
>> Right. I agree with Josh's idea about mentioning list policies in the
>> subscription confirmation message, though.
>
> Why? If the legal mumbo-jumbo has already got some precedence as being
> un-enforcable (even if it's only in a handful of jurisdictions), why
> give it even a patina of credibility by addressing it in a policy?
We are addressing the "whole" using postgresql.org mailing lists issue.
The legality issue is only part of it.
It is always a good idea to document against stuff like this, just in case.
Joshua D. Drake
> Saying that it's not applicable here implies that is is applicable
> elsewhere. To quote Ghandi "first they laugh at you, then they ignore
> you, then they fight you, then you win." I say we stick with the
> laughing. To that end, I propose should have a policy about being
> pelted with scathing sarcasm when the signal to boilerplate ratio
> drops below 10:1.
>
> Andrew
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