hear hear On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:01:59 +1200 Luuk Paulussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok we're up to 25 emails on an off-topic post in one day. is this > necessary correspondence with regards to linux? Considering people > always go on about people with easily googleable questions clogging up > the list, it's probably safe to say that most of these messages aren't > really neccesary either. > > I don't want to sound grumpy, but I have also noticed a number of > non-useful posts. Things like one-line e-mails consisting of > "emerging now..." probably don't need to be emailed to the whole list > (to pick on one example) ooops that may have been me, although i think it was "bittorrenting now..." in relation to ubuntu. > Cheers, > Luuk > > p.s. I'm not actually as annoyed as this email probably sounds. > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:49:20 +1200, Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Carl Cerecke, 2004-09-23 10:35:43: > > > Timothy Musson wrote: > > > >I didn't know about this until very recently. I knew the government > > > >was considering adding "fair use" provisions to copyright law, but I > > > >didn't realise NZ was about to enact a DMCA equivalent. > > > > > I don't think it is as bad as you think it is: > > > [snipped Proposals 29, 30 and 36] > > > I felt better after reading that. > > > > What worries me is the Recommendations, later on. They seem to be saying > > "See those Proposals? Let's make the following ammendments". > > > > I hope you're right, but that's how I read it. > > > > > > > > -- > > Timothy Musson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/ > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
