Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:30:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: opentrax@email.com Cc: grog@lemis.com, lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: accessing portal site Message-ID: <3A100901.B4D7811@softweyr.com> References: <200011130610.WAA05168@spammie.svbug.com>
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opentrax@email.com wrote:
>
> On 13 Nov, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > On Sunday, 12 November 2000 at 20:18:57 -0500, Lanny Baron wrote:
> >
> >> In no way did I make any representation or link between myself and The
> >> FreeBSD Project or any of its communities.
> >
> > By copying -advocacy, you implied exactly that. Please don't do it
> > again. You're more than welcome to behave in whatever manner you see
> > fit, but have the courtesy to not raise the impression that
> > FreeBSD-advocacy is behind you.
>
> As I see this posting, this person is informing us of some
> rather important information, which we might want to take note of.
> The topic, while NOT belonging to 'advocacy', is of importance
> to those who advocacte *BSD. Personally I can recount many
> such stories, but this is not about me.
That's what BCC: was invented for. Greg is exactly right in that publicly
copying an address @freebsd.org implies some sort of complicity or agree-
ment on the part of the FreeBSD project. I certainly did not agree with
the tone of Lanny's original message.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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