John at Darkstar wrote: > This is public and has been so since the first posting. The press > release was just a reference of whats going on at Wikimedia Commons, the > specific user page describing the case and this mailing list. It is sent > out through the mailing list for Wikimedia Norway and it is not a > statement on the behalf of Wikimedia Foundation or anybody else. > > If someone feel they should not be quoted on what they write on this > mailing list they should probably not write it at all as this list is > public. This seems to be a real problem as people tend to believe that > they write something for me, myself and us two, while the rest of the > world infact can read it at will. > > The problem here seems with the term "press release", which suggests some kind of official status. There is nothing official about a mailing list discussion, or even about the choice by the threatened individual to make the lawyer's letter public.
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