RE: Advocacy

["Dieter Meinert" <DMeinert at RosenInspection dot net>]

|=> "--IGNORE-LONG-DISCLAIMER-BELOW--"

One might rather write: 

"--Be-Aware-of-Any-Disclaimer-Below--" 
to avoid legal problems on the side of the sender....

BTW by the addressee cygwin at cygwin dot com any usr of the list IS addressed. 
    no need to inform the sender about any failure.

 Regards
 							Dieter  

|=> -----Original Message-----
|=> From: Sam Edge [mailto:sam dot edgeZZZ at lineone dot net]
|=> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:29 PM
|=> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
|=> Subject: Re: Advocacy
|=> 
|=> 
|=> Igor wrote in
|=> <Pine dot GSO dot 4 dot 44 dot 0303031645260 dot 25599-100000 at slinky dot cs dot nyu dot edu>
|=> in gmane.os.cygwin on Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:49:05 -0500 (EST):
|=> 
|=> > I believe the complaints were mostly about the *size* of 
|=> the disclaimer,
|=> > not about its content.  The content is reasonably 
|=> standard and pretty
|=> > redundant, IMO.  Which is why I proposed a way for people to allow
|=> > filtering it out (by including, say, an 
|=> "--IGNORE-LONG-DISCLAIMER-BELOW--"
|=> > line in their signature).
|=> 
|=> "Redundant" is hardly the word. "Ludicrous" is perhaps better.
|=> 
|=> Last time I checked, it's not possible to force a non-disclosure
|=> agreement or any other form of contract on someone just by 
|=> having them
|=> read it. Some sort of verbal or written consent is required ... at
|=> least in the UK.
|=> 
|=> Thanks Nomura International plc, but since your legal department
|=> doesn't understand this, I'll avoid any business dealings 
|=> with you if
|=> I can.
|=> 
|=> Right. This is deeply OT for cygwin at cygwin dot com so I'll shut 
|=> up again.
|=> 

And the email bulks in response to this disclaimer exceed its size by far now.

|=> -- 
|=> Sam Edge
|=> This e-mail is intended for you. By reading it you have 
|=> agreed to give
|=> me all assets in your posession and the labour of yourself and your
|=> descendants in perpetuity. And a date with your sister. So there.
|=> 
|=> --


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