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Subject: Re: Is ICGA just incompetent?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:03:12 12/01/03

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On December 01, 2003 at 05:59:30, martin fierz wrote:

>On December 01, 2003 at 04:43:04, Tony Werten wrote:
>
>>On December 01, 2003 at 04:20:55, martin fierz wrote:
>>
>>>On November 30, 2003 at 22:42:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>
>>>>It was handled _poorly_.  The author's reputation is ruined no matter what
>>>>happens.    Were it me, I'd be contacting my attorney and ICGA would be
>>>>taking out a huge loan or going bankrupt...
>>>
>>>forget it - the ICGA can run it's tournaments as it likes. the rules are clear,
>>>they can demand to inspect your code. it doesn't matter why they demand to
>>>inspect your code, they have the right to do so. if you don't show your code,
>>>they have the right to throw you out of the tournament.
>>
>>How about some moral obligation to protect young people from making a mistake
>>wich, as they most likely don't realise, could haunt them for a very long time ?
>>
>>We're not talking about something he'll get over with in a couple of days.
>>
>>Tony
>
>i was answering bob's (very american) idea of dragging the ICGA to court for
>what happened. as i *also* wrote, i don't like the way things were handled. one
>thing has nothing to do with the other though. there is no court case here,
>that's what i meant to say.
>
>cheers
>  martin
>

Look at the definitions for libel. slander, and reputation.  His
reputation has been badly damaged.  If it was unjust, look out.

>
>
>>
>>>
>>>i'm not saying i like what happenend, but there is nothing to sue for here.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>  martin



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