On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 06:10, Robert Green wrote: > > Perhaps we could have a volunteer who could gently steer newbies or > mild violations in the proper direction without getting too harsh on > them? Or a Luau List Ettiquette article that can be gently worded and > sent to offending parties?
Totally in agreement here. That will prevent me from jumping the gun again. (I have punished myself for this infraction by donating another $100 to the EFF http://www.eff.org.) > > In all fairness, I personally don't see any problem with the > occasional commercial posting, providing it is related to the list, > such as the infrequnt links to job openings of interest to non-MS IT > professionals or announcments of open-source bases businesses and > entrepenuers. I wouldn't want to see these postings everyday, but a > couple of them in any given week doesn't seem unreasonable. > > Just my 2 cents worth =-) > > Rob > I am in favor of infrequent commercial postings too, providing that they are well intentioned and on-topic to Linux or Open Source. We must however think about formal limits to this that will go into list policy, and I like your idea of gently worded "List Etiquette" page that can be sent to remind people.
