They did give me something in return; they didn't take legal action against me. If I had not signed it; they would have taken legal action against me in court and/or suspended me from school. So basically; they gave me my right to a public education, and to free speech. However; they said that if there are any further incidents; they will immediately suspend my account on their school network and take legal action and/or suspension against me. This happened a little over a year ago; so I'm not sure if it's even still valid. They just think that since I knew about Microsoft's security problems, that I had compromised their systems (even when I explained to them that I found out about the vulnerabilities through publicly available sources, and it was there own fault for advertising that they had all of those insecure products).
-------------------------------------------------- From: "houstonbofh" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:13 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > IDWMaster wrote: >> Only problem is; they made me sign a confidentiality agreement, and if I >> told anyone names; they would have far more powerful lawyers. > > For a confidentiality agreement to be valid (in most locations... I am > not a lawyer), you have to receive something in return. If they left > this out, the agreement is voidable. As someone else said, give a > lawyer $100 to find out. > > Lee > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Invalid > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Invalid > Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in openSUSE: New > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscribe > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
