Warner, I am not alluding towards anything or anyone that was not directly stated in the post. The message was an inquiry. How is the JUG term managed? Does SUN or JCP reserve jurisdiction over groups that use this term?
Thanks, JMZ --- Warner Onstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First and foremost I feel that this is a list of > colleagues who can > freely exchange ideas and thoughts (mostly relating > to Java, but > definitely not exclusively Java). In most cases I > will not intervene > as any kind of moderator, but I will feel obliged > (as should others) > when the list gets involved in a flame-war which I > personally feel > violates the spirit of this list as well as the > overall good nature > that we have enjoyed. > > If you feel like making that sort of comment I won't > stop you as it > doesn't reflect poorly on the JUG itself, it > reflects poorly on you. > And again, personally, I have seen nothing in any of > the recent > comments that reflects poorly on anyone here, so I'm > not sure exactly > what you're referring to. > > -warner > > > > > I guess its some kind of coincidence that I am > > noticing a high degree of informal commentary on > UG > > lists lately. You do realize that this kind of > thing > > reflects badly on customer and employer appeal? > > > > For instance, I could say some kind of offhand > > comment like "they'll give a greencard to just > about > > any slob who scraped up enough money to bribe the > > DOL!". Obviously, some may be deeply offended by > such > > a statement. > > > > Although it is certainly the prerogative of a > group > > to govern themselves the way they see fit, in the > case > > of a JUG, there is the issue of the exploitation > of > > the legitimacy that the JUG term provides. I'm > > wondering if there are any regulations that deal > with > > this issue in the JCP or whether the JUG term is > an > > entirely public-domain all-purpose term that can > be > > utilized by any party. I would assume that if > there > > are no such regulations then either 1) JUGs will > > likely degrade in relevance( a process already in > > effect ), 2) such regulations will be imposed in > the > > future. The problems of such exploitation extend > to > > all members of a local area. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Josh Zeidner > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
