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 > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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