Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 07:09:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disclaimers Message-ID: <199810071109.HAA10390@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <19981007011131.32248@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Oct 7, 98 01:11:31 am"
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> A combination of the american liability laws and the general > unpleasantness of being taken to talk for somebody when you don't. > > Historically, it goes back to early USENET days, I think. Liability laws now-a-days, maybe. I believe it is because historically people posted from company accounts. They used to mostly say "I don't speak for Big Co". Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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