On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I must say, I never thought the congress of 1973 had it in them, to > pass a law regulating spellcheckers for word processing packages > operating on PCs, none of which existed then. What forward-thinking > people. >
I've forwarded the note to the legal-internal list, the private ASF legal list, and cc'ed Andrea, I'd recommend that, as non-lawyers, we do not comment at all on legal side of this. But to the extent we have a technical recommendation for resolving the user's spelling checking issue, then we should try to help. Thanks! -Rob > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Stan Helton <stanhel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You do realize you addressing an international community of VOLUNTEERS, >> right? >> I, for one, would not help you after that little outburst if you were >> drowning in quicksand. >> >> Stan >> >> >> >> >> On 12/10/2012 12:24 PM, Aleksei wrote: >>> >>> you are in violation of my civil rights as defined by US law. >>> have i got you attention? >>> i recently upgraded from open office 3.3 to open office Apache 3.4.1. >>> it is an absolute disaster. >>> i am visually disabled and Dyslexic. i ABSOLUTELY NEED a functional >>> spelling check to do my work. >>> the spelling checker in 3.4.1 is totally useless. the spelling cheker in >>> 3.3 worked just fine. >>> >>> i went to your web site to find a solution. i was led to a page where i >>> was required to register in order to log on. it was impossible to register. >>> because of my disabilities i NEED to set my screen on high contrast black, >>> then tone down the white lettering. i repeat, i NEED to do this. it is not >>> an option IT IS A NECESSITY. >>> >>> there is no way to enter the security core you require in order to >>> register. nothing shows up that enables the security code to be entered. it >>> cannot be entered by trial and error. >>> >>> therefore, you have chosen to make your system totally inaccessible to me >>> solely because of my disabilities. >>> >>> just because you are doing things without charge does not mean you are >>> allowed to commit a crime. what you are doing has been illegal since the >>> passage of Public Law 93-112 in 1973. >>> i will allow you 10 days from the time i send this to make reasonable >>> accommodation as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act before i >>> file a complaint with the US Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Disability >>> Rights Section. >>> Jeff Russell >>> P.O.Box 174 >>> East Glastonbury CT 06025 >> >> >> -- >> Courtesy is the grease that keeps the wheels of civilization turning. Robert >> Heinlein
