RE: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to publish it.

Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-17T04:27:30Z

Well, you have your opinion, I have mine.

I think we can agree at least that what he did was unethical.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of David Lang
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:16 PM
> To: Stuart MacDonald
> Cc: vlad@geekizoid.com; Lkml (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to
> publish it.
>
>
> which says nothing at all aobut the person at the receiving
> end publishing
> it., sealed or not that person has the ability to do so.
>
> now if the question is if it is polite to do so we have a completely
> different discussion
>
> David Lang
>
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Stuart MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:16:37 -0500
> > From: Stuart MacDonald <stuartm@connecttech.com>
> > To: vlad@geekizoid.com
> > Cc: "Lkml (E-mail)" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> > Subject: Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you
> want him to
> > publish it.
> >
> > From: "Vlad@geekizoid.com" <vlad@geekizoid.com>
> > > Unlikely. Email is more akin to the 'informal letter' of
> the 19th and
> > 20th
> > > century. There is an expectation of privacy.
> >
> > Email is publically readable by any person in the
> transmission system,
> > exactly the same way postcards are. It is *not* like a letter in the
> > simple fact that a letter is sealed and therefore
> unreadable (legally)
> > by the transmission system.
> >
> > ..Stu
> >
> >
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