Re: [HACKERS] Avoiding legal email signatures

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Andrew Hammond <andrew(dot)george(dot)hammond(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Avoiding legal email signatures
Date: 2007-06-12 22:14:44
Message-ID: 466F1AD4.6050901@commandprompt.com
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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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