From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32528 invoked by alias); 6 Aug 2007 14:22:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 32342 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Aug 2007 14:22:07 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (HELO nitzan.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.22) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:22:03 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([81.5.39.40]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id HLP81127 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:20:57 +0300 (IDT) Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:22:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Ian Lance Taylor CC: gdb@sourceware.org, dewar@adacore.com, b07584@freescale.com, rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org, jimb@codesourcery.com In-reply-to: (message from Ian Lance Taylor on 06 Aug 2007 07:02:01 -0700) Subject: Re: Posting from work/university addresses Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <4414a3a80707292340v1e8918edp204ea680f61823c2@mail.gmail.com> <20070731000833.GB1092@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <200708021302.37222.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> <46B2101F.6060305@adacore.com> <20070802183431.GA6833@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20070803231205.GB11438@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-08/txt/msg00056.txt.bz2 > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org, dewar@adacore.com, b07584@freescale.com, > rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org, jimb@codesourcery.com > From: Ian Lance Taylor > Date: 06 Aug 2007 07:02:01 -0700 > > The reason we would like to block the disclaimers is that they impose > a legal liability on us. The problematic disclaimers are the ones > which say something along the lines of "If you are not the intended > recipient you must not disseminate, copy .... We request that you > notify COMPANYNAME immediately." The problem is that we can not obey > those instructions, as we automatically archive the e-mail message and > make it available for anybody in the world to see. Since we are > violating the terms of the disclaimer, the sender has reasonable > grounds to sue us. It is likely that the suit would not prevail in > the end, as my understanding is that the disclaimers are unenforceable > under U.S. law, but that does not matter since we are a volunteer > organization with no means to defend ourselves. I think it is very > unwise to leave ourselves open to this sort of legal liability. This > is of course a personal issue for me since as one of the > administrators of gcc.gnu.org/sourceware.org, and the owner of the > domain name sourceware.org, I would be personally named in the > lawsuit. Thanks for the clarifications. Avoiding legal suits is a perfectly valid reason, as far as I'm concerned.