bisoa wrote:
> I don't know on what ground they can threaten you?

A lot of people have a standard footer for their mail: "This mail
is confidential" and stuff.

Last month, two different people from different countries were
very angry at me because they found their own mail labeled
confidential "distributed on the internet".

One of these people first wrote me he found his mail on GMANE
and he asked me to remove it. A little later I received a second
mail that he had found the same mail on Nabble. He really started
panicking when he found out about the other archiving sites.

The other one told me that by distributing his mail we could
be prosecuted.

I explained that we didn't have any responsibility. THEY had sent
a mail to a mailing list address at lists.sourceforge.net so THEY
had chosen to send the mail to about 1500 people. Moreover I am
not responsible for archiving the mails sent to the mailing list.
This happens automagically.

The first person apologized as soon as he understood his error;
the second person was probably to embarrassed about his own
stupidity to reply.

This is only a fraction of what goes on off-list.

F/OSS, it used to be fun, but nowadays... I'm more and more
disappointed by the people who not only use iText for free,
but on top of that call me names, treat me worse than a paid
employee, and harass me with stupid threats (for instance
bug me because THEY made a stupid mistake).

I can't even remember the last time I was happy.
best regards,
Bruno

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