On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:33 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
> Mark Kirkwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do you know what defamation and slander is? > > > > > > If people did not believe in unproven and untrue claims, there > > > was no problem. It therefore seems to be important to prevent > > > underlying "messages"....... > > > > Do you understand opinion? This is the heart of the matter. Your > > mention of lawyers does not change this - as legal opinion is > > merely an opinion that costs some money! (if your lawyer says !Z it > > does not stop another one saying Z)... > > > Short answer: in a democracy, your freedom ends where you may start > to influence the freedom of others. > How about stopping these reoccurring advertisements of cdrtools on "gentoo-user"? They influence my freedom to use the list for what it is meant to be used: Gentoo-only related stuff. > > Long answer: > > If you repeat the "opinion" of other people, you make it _your_ > opinion and if your opinion may harm other people, you are not > allowed to publish it unless you are able to definitely prove it! > Here is a fact for you: Every mainstream binary distro dropped cdrtools. It is their right to choose which packets they want to distribute and they don't owe you an explanation. You claim (unfortunately on this list) that it is an attack against you and there is no problem with your precious package. Care to "definitely prove it"? > I am the author and I tell you that there is no problem. I am the > only person who could sue you and I can't if I did tell you before > that there is no problem. > You may tell whatever you want but... You are not the ONLY author. There is other people's copyrighted work in cdrtools. Are you authorized to speak on their behalf? -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
