>Looking at the main page of http://www.lists.perl.org, from where the >list originates, I don't see any prohibition against commercial >averts having to do with Perl, especially when it is an application >to help create perl scripts. Nor does there seem to be anything else >in the page for the list other than "Discussion of Perl on macintosh >OS X" in the Summary section.
Shall we also include instructions on:
* no flaming. * no swearing. * no top-quoting. * no HTML email. * learn to snip properly. * no discussions about Reply-To. * we're not building a template engine. * read the archives first. * use proper subject lines (albeit, he did). * use descriptive subject lines. * read "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" * read "How to Report Bugs Effectively". * no long threads about administrivia (doh!) * etc., etc., etc.
Seriously, if you're joining a mailing list, there are just certain things you should know not to do or, at least, to ask an admin first. It would seem, theoretically, that a programmer would know this stuff in the first place (as opposed to, say, a quilting mailing list). Compiling a list of all the bad things merely gives added license for the one nasty thing that we forgot about.
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