| From: | Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Susanne Ebrecht <miracee(at)web(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL - Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Cédric Villemain <cedric(dot)villemain(dot)debian(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: criticism about hosting download packages |
| Date: | 2011-02-25 10:13:23 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTi=UL1bTKGP8pbBABigShbQ3naxOHjfMnLaT90HU@mail.gmail.com |
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On 25 February 2011 09:47, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Susanne Ebrecht <miracee(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
>>
>> Let me give you some background:
>>
>> Fishing for customers is illegal in Germany. You will find it in our
>> unfair competition law.
>
> You'd better tell Suse/Novell about that then - I'm sure they'll be
> pleased to be told that the form on the front page of their website
> (which comes and goes - might need a few refreshes) is illegal, or
> that they can't require registration to download SLED and other
> products. I guess they just don't spend enough on their lawyers.
>
> http://www.suse.de/
Apple "fish for addresses" too on their German site, except their
download doesn't happen automatically:
http://www.apple.com/de/itunes/download/
--
Thom Brown
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