Author: Graham Banks
Date: 01:18:15 12/10/05
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On December 10, 2005 at 03:58:04, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >On December 09, 2005 at 21:02:06, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On December 09, 2005 at 20:53:08, Steve B wrote: >> >>>> >>>>If you are saying that Vasik Rajlich is the bad guy here, I think you may have >>>>gone totally insane. OK, that's hyperbole. Just a little crazy then. >>> >>>no not a bad guy all >>>only that he received free advertising even though against the charter >>> >>>did you ready any of the posts from yesterday? >>> >>>if not please get up to speed before you call me nuts >>> >>>Steve >> >> >>Hi Steve, >> >>can you show me a post where the program author himself violated the charter or >>openly encouraged others to violate the charter? >> >>Regards, Graham. > >Hi Graham > >I respect Steve's opinion, but I disagree with him. I do concede that the line >between "news" (proper fodder for CCC posts) and "commercial exhortation" >(forbidden by the charter) can be fine. > >You probably recall that yo-yo who was posting a month or so ago in CCC and CTF >those "Click here to play me now" things. The second one he posted in CTF I >deleted and sent him an email to stop. He fired off a hostile email to me to >which I more or less replied "one is news, two or more is advertising". > >I see the Rybka situation as similar. I have not read all the posts, but from >what I've see Vas has made one announcement and responded to questions. I see >no clear violation of the charter. It's a matter of interpretation, you are the >interpreter, and I think you're right for letting the posts stand. > >Just my 2 cents. > >Best >Dan H. Thanks Dan, I also have a lot of respect for Steve. However, I too see no violation of the charter in this case. Regards, Graham.
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