From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 22 13: 7:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CC837B401 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:07:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9893C43F85 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:07:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@papagena.rockefeller.edu) Received: from user-0cev12u.cable.mindspring.com ([24.239.132.94] helo=bluerondo.a.la.turk) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18mgrU-0000oE-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:07:08 -0800 Received: (qmail 2135 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Feb 2003 21:07:05 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:07:05 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: chat@freebsd.org Cc: rob spellberg Subject: was this really necessary? [ was Re: The FreeBSD Jive Copyright ] Message-ID: <20030222210705.GA2091@papagena.rockefeller.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E564549.2DCD3E1F@emailrob.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Without getting into debates about hate speech v/s the First Amendment (personally I saw nothing offensive about the posts, though I'm no GPL basher), I think Rob made a valid point in the last line of his first mail: > i could be wrong, but i don't think this enhances your CV. Most likely nobody's going to prosecute you for this particular mailing list posting, but these days employers do frequently google prospective employees. Worse, people google potential dates, friends google friends, etc. It's unlikely you'll come across a posting like the one that sparked this thread if you search for "copyright" "licensing" etc as Rob fears (Google's page-rank is pretty good), but it's pretty likely you'll come across it if you search for "Stacy Olivas". I don't mean Stacy's act of posting was wrong -- some people may be comfortable with making such posts and having them quoted back at them later, and some may not be comfortable with that, it's entirely up to the individual poster (up to a point, obviously hate speech isn't allowed on lists like this). But, in general and without reference to Stacy, people who may worry about others scanning their "online record" do need to watch what they write here... - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message