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Re: OOPS and linux


> >   "binutils".  That would be the list, as an organization / collective
> > entity.  As far as I can see, that makes us all addressees and intended
> > recipients, and we're all fully authorized to read the email.  Hell,
> > those silly disclaimers sometimes bug me too, but I really don't think
> > the claim that they apply to recipients on the list, when that list was
> > clearly intended to be the recipient of the mail, actually has any legs.
>
> It's very hard to be sure, and, since sources.redhat.com is a
> volunteer organization, we are not in a position to incur any legal
> liability or expense whatsoever.  It's even more troubling when you
> consider the automatic e-mail archives, which are web accessible.
> Yes, the overall scenario is far fetched.  However, far fetched things
> do happen.

Either way, these disclaimers are specifically discouraged (prohibited?) on 
sources.redhat.com mailing lists.

See http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html

Paul


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