Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:18:45 02/13/06
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On February 13, 2006 at 16:25:13, Sune Larsson wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 13:10:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 13, 2006 at 02:24:30, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On February 12, 2006 at 13:32:33, Peter Skinner wrote: >>> >>>>This is nothing more than a flagrant attempt in polling users about possible >>>>commercial payment possibilities for your program, and as such I am removing the >>>>thread. >>>> >>>>As per the charter: >>>> >>>>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: >>>> >>>> 1. Are, within reason, on the topic of computer chess >>>> 2. Are not abusive in nature >>>> 3. Do not contain personal and/or libelous attacks on others >>>> 4. Are not flagrant commercial exhortations >>>> 5. Are not of questionable legal status. >>>> >>>>What about rule #4 do you not understand? >>>> >>>>Peter >>> >>>I do not understand why do you make a special post about it. >>> >>>Usually moderators delete posts of people that do not obey to the rules and send >>>an email to them and they do not post in order to insult them. >>> >>>Note that in this case not everybody understand rule number 4 in the same way >>>so if vasik was wrong in understanding rule number 4 you could send him an email >>>and explain it to him and make a general post not directed at Vas that explain >>>the problem. >>> >>>Note that I did not understand that vasik's post was against rule number 4 and I >>>am not the only one. >>> >>>If this was the intention it is better to explain rule number 4 better in the >>>charter. >>> >>>Uri >> >>"flagrant commercial exhortation" >> >>"flagrant" -> Obvious, conspicuous, flaunting, blatant >> >>"commercial" -> having profit as a chief aim, related to commerce or sales, >>sponsored or supported by advertising, etc. >> >>"exhortation" -> discourse that advises or encourages. >> >>Now that wasn't so hard to understand was it? >> >>Anything that is obviously about selling something to make a profit, falls >>directly under charter rule 4. Now would you want to say that the discussion >>about subscription service, converting purchases to subscriptions, retaining old >>customers, obtaining new sales, etc doesn't fit under that fairly >>straight-forward umbrella of forbidden activity??? > > > And posting direct order links of course - for your own items - friends of > yours - people you know - companies etc. > > /S We have allowed "links" to stand in the past, assuming they were infrequent and not intrusive. But there are limits... The point is "enough is enough" sooner or later. I specifically set up the Crafty mailing list 10 years ago to avoid this very thing, because we used to have these long discussions here, and the discussion threads grew out of control. Until a few even called this "the Crafty Chess Club". I took the obvious way out and now there's a private mailing list for crafty in general, and a more private mailing list for the current code changes being tested...
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