From: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
To: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Cc: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de>, Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
vojtech@suse.cz
Subject: Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:49:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030314204904.GA4088@k3.hellgate.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1047658281.2566.101.camel@sisko.scot.redhat.com>
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:11:21 +0000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 15:14, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > [My lawyer said]
>
> [But my lawyer says]
So much for self-regulation. I don't mind having the odd flamefest, since
every now and then something good comes out of them that goes beyond the
entertainment value.
However, I am very concerned about the state of a community that has its
members turn to their respective lawyers to ask for backup. Not only does
it reflect badly on our ability to resolve disputes, it also implies that
there is more than a loose relation between what is legal and what is
Right(TM), which is BS.
I contend that quoting lawyer advice in a flamewar on a community list
should automatically invoke Godwin's law, and just to be on the safe side,
I let it be known that you all sound like a bunch of Nazis. EOT.
Roger
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-14 20:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-14 10:51 Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Pavel Machek
2003-03-14 11:19 ` Murray J. Root
2003-03-14 11:50 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-03-14 13:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-03-14 14:43 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:10 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 15:14 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:11 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 16:21 ` John Jasen
2003-03-14 16:28 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 16:37 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:56 ` Linux-kernel-revision-control list (was: Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you) Christian Daudt
2003-03-15 2:29 ` Joshua Kwan
2003-03-16 7:56 ` Josef Roehrl
2003-03-14 17:09 ` Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Davide Libenzi
2003-03-14 18:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-03-14 18:48 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-03-14 17:10 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-03-14 21:12 ` Mike Galbraith
2003-03-15 0:59 ` Stephen Satchell
2003-03-14 18:57 ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-03-14 20:49 ` Roger Luethi [this message]
2003-03-14 21:55 ` Eric Sandall
2003-03-15 0:56 ` Stephen Satchell
2003-03-15 3:36 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-15 12:20 ` Pavel Machek
2003-03-16 0:57 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-16 5:01 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-03-14 16:29 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 15:29 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:43 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 16:43 ` Tom Sightler
2003-03-14 16:58 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 17:56 ` Tom Sightler
2003-03-14 18:34 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-03-14 17:44 ` Pavel Machek
2003-03-14 20:37 ` Teodor Iacob
2003-03-14 18:29 ` Brian McGroarty
2003-03-14 20:33 ` Teodor Iacob
2003-03-14 21:32 ` Brian McGroarty
2003-03-14 12:06 ` Matthias Andree
2003-03-14 15:38 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-14 16:00 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-14 16:03 ` Larry McVoy
2003-03-14 16:30 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-14 23:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2003-03-14 13:42 ` Tomas Szepe
2003-03-14 14:33 ` Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to publish it Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-14 14:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-03-14 16:13 ` Mark Mielke
2003-03-17 0:16 ` Stuart MacDonald
2003-03-17 0:44 ` Tim Smith
2003-03-17 8:43 ` Helge Hafting
2003-03-17 0:57 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-17 2:16 ` Stuart MacDonald
2003-03-17 2:16 ` David Lang
2003-03-17 4:37 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-03-17 6:21 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-03-17 14:56 ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
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2003-03-14 21:48 ` Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you Florian Weimer
2003-03-15 0:49 ` John Alvord
2003-03-15 7:51 ` Florian Weimer
2003-03-15 14:32 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
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