Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:07:50 +0800 (PHT) From: rfa@msumain.edu.ph To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation - More user friendly Message-ID: <4261.203.177.105.170.1078798070.squirrel@bayok.msumain.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <63602D78-712C-11D8-BA13-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEIJFOAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> <63602D78-712C-11D8-BA13-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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> 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
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