Author: Robin Smith
Date: 00:02:06 09/09/03
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On September 09, 2003 at 02:37:45, Roger D Davis wrote:
>On September 08, 2003 at 20:40:07, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>I have followed the discussion, and I have no particularly relevant opinion
>>about programs like this deadking.
>>
>>But from the discussion I can conclude that the legal status of such a program
>>is unclear. As a result you changed your opinion to "Let's ban these subjects
>>because most people here don't like these kind of subjects". This has nothing to
>>do with violating the charter, but with catering the majority (or maybe a
>>minority - who knows) of posters.
>>
>>So from your own observation you can't conlude that it violates the charter, and
>>given the many responses it's also hardly clear that these subjects are indeed
>>unwanted here.
>>
>>Suddenly you leave the discussion, make a new top post and state that the
>>subject is violating the charter.
>>
>>You may understand that although I have no thoughts about deadking, I _do_ have
>>some thoughts about your way of handling this.
>>
>>Your claim of upholding the charter simply doesn't cause the subject to violate
>>the charter.
>>
>>
>>J.
>
>
>Jeroen,
>
>You said, "from the discussion I can conclude that the legal status of such a
>program is unclear." In other words, it's questionnable...which is the wording
>of #5 of the charter... That means you have to support the moderator.
>
>Roger
Roger,
Supporting a moderator's ban of postings, and supporting a moderator's
accusations of piracy ("if you are using deadking, you are using illegal
software", "deadking is illegal software", etc.), are two different things. I
use deadking with my legal copy of Chessmaseter, and I took offense at these
statements. I don't enjoy, in essence, being called a thief for using something
I paid for. Why is this so hard to understand?
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