Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/7/11 Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net>: > >> If he didn't want public comments he would not have made the letter >> public; he might have chosen more private WMF channels. >> > > Do you know that he sought legal advice before publishing the letter? > If he didn't, then is may not have been an informed choice. If he's > made a strategic mistake by publishing the letter and not keeping > control of the PR then we shouldn't aggravate that unnecessarily. > > ROTFL. He published it; that's a fact. It would be very rare indeed for anyone to have sought legal advice before making online comments. The NPG site, like many others, has a link to its terms of service. How often does *anyone* who uses such sites ever get legal advice before proceeding? Some of these require you to agree that you understand the terms; that's about like agreeing that pigs can fly. Some ask you to accept the jurisdiction of the courts in the site's home country; does that really override inalienable rights in one's own country? Is the legal profession in any position to provide valid legal advice at reasonable cost to every situation that might be affected?
If in retrospect, publishing the letter is seen as a strategic mistake, it can't be unpublished. There are arguments available for it being a strategic positive. Ec _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
