Re: [tdf-discuss] Fwd: [users] Licensing Details

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 22:40 +0200, M Henri Day wrote:
> 2011/4/21 drew <drew@baseanswers.com>
>
> > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:05 +0200, M Henri Day wrote:
> > > 2011/4/21 James Wilde <james.wilde@sunde-wilde.com>
> > >
> > > > Just got this message in my inbox.  I wonder if sending him a note
> > about
> > > > LibO would be considered to be in breach of the comprehensive warning
> > at the
> > > > bottom.
> > > >
> > > > //James
> > > >
> > > > Begin forwarded message:
> > > >
> > > > > From: SAEED AHMED <SAEED.AHMED@3i-infotech.com>
> > > > > Date: April 20, 2011 15:34:31 GMT+02:00
> > > > > To: "users@openoffice.org" <users@openoffice.org>
> > > > > Subject: [users] Licensing Details
> > > > > Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
>  > receipt of the posting can be considered erroneous. As the paragraph does
> > > not explicitly prohibit mentioning LibO in sucjh a notification, I also
> > > presume that you would be within your rights to do so. The above, of
> > course,
> > > with the caveat that I am hardly an expert in Indian, Singaporean, Thai,
> > > Malaysian, or UK legal practices....
> > >
> > > Henri
> >
> >
> > That's all well and good - but - contacting him is simply _wrong_ IMO.
> >
> > He asked a question on the OpenOffice.org users list, not LibreOffice.
> >
> > To forward such a message here was wrong and such actions should NOT be
> > tolerated.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Drew Jensen
>
> «It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a *difference of
> opinion* that *makes horse races*.»
Hi Henri

Sorry, I have to disagree.

If James truly believes it is appropriate to respond to a query of this
nature, made on the OpenOffice.org mailing list, with a recommendation
to use a different application then he should (must) be willing to do so
in the open, on that mailing list. 

Sincerely,

Drew Jensen




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