From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 17:45:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482D316A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:45:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from bayok.msumain.edu.ph (unknown [203.177.105.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 605AC43D45 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:45:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfa@msumain.edu.ph) Received: (qmail 7254 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2004 02:07:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO bayok.msumain.edu.ph) (203.177.105.166) by bayok.msumain.edu.ph with SMTP; 9 Mar 2004 02:07:50 -0000 Received: from 203.177.105.170 (proxying for 192.168.16.12) (SquirrelMail authenticated user rfa) by bayok.msumain.edu.ph with HTTP; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:07:50 +0800 (PHT) Message-ID: <4261.203.177.105.170.1078798070.squirrel@bayok.msumain.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <63602D78-712C-11D8-BA13-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <63602D78-712C-11D8-BA13-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:07:50 +0800 (PHT) From: rfa@msumain.edu.ph To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Installation - More user friendly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 01:45:52 -0000 > On Mar 8, 2004, at 10:17 AM, JJB wrote: >> My web spider robot found this web site which is not on any of the >> search engines yet. >> www.a1poweruser.com >> Looks like it offers what you want in the way of user-friendly >> step-by-step instructions to installing FBSD. > > Please do not astroturf the FreeBSD mailing lists. > > By endorsing your own commercial site as if you had no connection with > it, you are violating 15 U.S.C. 52, see > http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/endorse: > > "§255.5 Disclosure of material connections. > > When there exists a connection between the endorser and the seller of > the advertised product which might materially affect the weight or > credibility of the endorsement (i.e., the connection is not reasonably > expected by the audience) such connection must be fully disclosed. [ > ... ]" > > -- > -Chuck As a relatively newcomer to these lists, I was wondering who is correct in their ideas? The guy who introduced his nifty "spider bot" or the guy telling us all that the other guy is breaking a law. I don't like getting mixed up in flamewars or even minor skirmishes, I just want to know what the moderator thinks about this and the ethical conditions that are touched... Also are these kinds of posts tolerated? Rommel