[plug] RH7.x

[Bret Busby]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Brian Tombleson wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:24:56 +0800
> From: Brian Tombleson <brian at paradigmit.com.au>
> Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] RH7.x
> Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:24:01 +0800 (WST)
> Resent-From: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> 
> 
> From: "Bret Busby" <bret at busby.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:36 AM
> > > From: garry <garbuck at tpg.com.au>
> > > please do this in a court of law or at least in private email.. I think
> the
> > > list would be rather better for its exclusion.. I dont know or care
> about the
> > > differences you have with him, but I feel confident it has little to do
> with
> > > PLUG.
> 
> > This is a matter of gross misconduct that has occurred on the list, and
> <snip diatribe>
> > Thus, the issue is relevant to the list.
> 
> I concur with Gary.  We are not a vigilante group, if you have legal issue
> take it to the courts - that's why we have them.
> 
> - Brian.
> 

So, as the chairman of the SLPWA, you would allow criminal defamation to 
be a practice in the SLPWA, as the SLPWA is "not a vigilante group"?

So much for standards, and, so much for the reputation of Linux, and, of 
the SLPWA, and of the PLUG.

Oh, and, regarding  the "take it to the courts", perhaps, Jeremy could 
advise you, as to roughly how much it would cost to get such an action 
up, and, why member so the general public, therefore, do not launch such 
actions, as they are prohibitively expensive.

That is one reason why mailing lists generally impose some standards on 
acceptable conduct (and, as otherwise publishers of the defamations, to 
protect themselves againmst litigation).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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