Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 00:45:34 09/09/03
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On September 09, 2003 at 03:02:06, Robin Smith wrote:
>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?
Consider it from this perspective:
"Here is a key which will unlock any porshe car door and start the engine.
Please use it only if you lost your key and not to steal a porshe."
It would be a useful thing to have if you are a porshe owner and lost your key.
But it would probably not be a real good idea to give such a thing away
willy-nilly.
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