Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE!

[Anthony Atkielski]

Joshua Tinnin writes:

> Then so is every single tech help list with public archives.

Yes.  The fact that certain infringing actions may take place with great
frequency does not make them any less infringing.

> Some of them have been in existence before the web. I can't figure out
> why you keep harping on an issue like this that is not at all unique to
> FreeBSD, nor even open source.

It's a matter of conscience and ethics.

> Why don't you head over to some other tech lists for a while
> and complain about this?

I worry mainly about lists to which I subscribe.

> Say, have you read over the legal documents pertaining to when DejaNews
> and later Google archived Usenet?

Yes, long ago.

> It would be educational for you to peruse them.

It was.

> Yes, but you're not a lawyer, yet you persist in talking about these
> matters as if you had some authority.

You're not a lawyer, either, as far as I know.

> I hate to bring up the old cliche ... but, seriously, Anthony, most of
> what you do here is spread:
>
> Fear
> Uncertainty
> Doubt

Much of the prudence that lawful behavior demands is based on these.

-- 
Anthony