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Re: __attribute__ ((packed)) doesn't work
- From: seebs at plethora dot net (Peter Seebach)
- To: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:29:06 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] __attribute__ ((packed)) doesn't work
- Reply-to: seebs at plethora dot net (Peter Seebach)
In message <43FC4A07.3070704@zurich.ibm.com>, Dirk Husemann writes:
>could you leave this part of the signature out? sending something to a
>public mailing list cannot be considered confidential and some companies
>have rather strict rules about receiving unsolicited confidential
>material...
The problem here is conflicting legal standards. There are sound legal
reasons to absolutely require that ALL outgoing mail have that disclaimer
in some countries. I know, it sounds dumb. "The law is an ass."
Both companies are making rational decisions given the variety of atrociously
stupid laws and court decisions on such issues.
-s
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