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Subject: Re: deadking ..the final word

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 22:00:00 09/09/03

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On September 09, 2003 at 08:04:45, Joachim Rang wrote:

>On September 08, 2003 at 19:57:04, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>I'm not here to be bad guy.  As a moderator ,I was elected by ALL of you to
>>uphold the Computer Club Charter for ALL of you.
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/ccc_charter.html
>>
>>Please note point 5.
>>"
>>Once a member gains access to the message board, he may read all messages and
>>post new or response messages with the proviso that these new or response
>>messages:
>>
>>...
>>
>>5.  Are not of questionable legal status.
>>"
>>
>>All of you agreed to the charter when you joined - that is the smallprint at the
>>bottom.
>>
>>"I agree to all the terms and conditions above."
>>
>>If you no longer agree with the Charter - I am sorry but I cannot help you.
>>
>>Please note - many of the top commercial and amatuer programmers are members of
>>little computer chess club.  In fact, a few  of them were original moderators
>>when this club was formed a few years ago.  How much participation would we have
>>by our beloved programmers, who bring so much joy to all of us, if we allowed
>>questionable activity - and we're talking cracked or patching software that
>>allow users and , not just registered users, but any user who has an access to a
>>CD and not pay for the privilige of using their software.
>>
>>Some chess programmers may make a fair living from chess programming, but most
>>do not.
>>
>>I will uphold our Charter as long as I am moderator of our Computer Chess Club.
>>
>>I make no apologies.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Michael
>
>
>the program might be of questionable legal status but a post referring to that
>program is obviously not.
>
>So I can't see that you uphold the charter with this moderation activity.
>
>regards Joachim

You have a point.  You can talk about deadking all you want.  Just don't link to
it.



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