Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:46:54 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: legal notices at the end of emails Message-ID: <20110727164653.GA57377@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <4E2FF194.1000503@stillbilde.net> References: <20110726110657.86e3ac62@mail.gatewaytechnolabs.com> <538F25C6-4D22-48B8-B573-8D7F5786CA58@d3photography.com> <4e302ab6.Th%2BYrsuhnF0BJ998%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4E2FF01E.8030409@my.gd> <4E2FF194.1000503@stillbilde.net>
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--1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Svein Skogen (Listmail account) on Wednesday, 27 July 2011: >=20 > Those e-mail-footers of legalese-sounding mumbo-jumbo threatening > voodoo-action against you and anybody standing next to you, should you > not be the sole designated, implied or expressed, recipient of that > e-mail, are _LESS_ binding than "shrinkwrap EULAs", and has less actual > legal content than the gold-content of seawater. They add the footers to > sound important. It's a mild case of narcissism. >=20 I think it's more of a CYA than narcissism -- but a poor one. Or it may be the equivalent of "please keep it to yourself" framed in legalese for added effect -- the 21st century version of pronouncing a curse upon the offender, and just as effective. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOMED9AAoJEIpckszW26+RG+cH/0N4KkkEtnNlo/QVXQRX9tjO 9mrhoJjBMOccbIF0G/FVwCmLEFBpJVJqdTZLxLpPr/gIX3jOwp/3kP2fc/RZSowM VrBITd7EiYljuuJep7CavaN2RsoLg8mvukcaDvEq58np6DRbL2vBozC5bo1P1a/B 4JhNWlh6/3sVniXlxjryLTMZVEec8/5aPEbPtK55dCet2q20hCxtouIntCz8ooY2 gH+OYO9S7z1GHLMtgLmDczzjzC6H3w5t2EYLCAXjYmt3+JCXw5DZIdP7tuHc0bXN jgL0VDPvIRtRLNZIrg2ucCR+PkUh/i1ZOMkHfSp54NrqCwvBYFxk8xzXyQ0YUBE= =jaWt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7--
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