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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think that rule 5(1) is
general to every mailing list or public area on the Internet BY DEFAULT (unless
otherwise permitted explicitly); this is a RFC/BCP standard named “netiquette”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So nobody has to see it
and accept it before posting. This is a rule that applies automatically.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But if a mailing list
further restricts the default rules (notably the topic), this MUST be presented
to users before they accept it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rule 5(1) states nothing
about the acceptable topics, it just reaffirms the RFC “netiquette”.
If this rule is not explicitly presented to the user when he subscribes, the applicable
terms are those from the RFC netiquette.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you want to enforce
more rules, the acceptation message sent to the user MUST include the reference
to the ToS explicitly. This is not the case, so the subscriber knows nothing
else than the RFC netiquette;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>De :</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
mdtiemann@gmail.com [mailto:mdtiemann@gmail.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>De la part de</span></b> Michael Tiemann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> lundi 22 octobre
2007 12:56<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> Alexander Terekhov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc :</span></b>
license-discuss@opensource.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> Re: Blogger claiming
"shared source" is approved by OSI</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Alexander,<br>
<br>
The OSI hosts its website and mailing list according to these Terms of Service:
<a href="http://opensource.org/ToS">http://opensource.org/ToS</a><br>
<br>
Under section 5(1), you agree to not:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1)
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is
unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable or harm minors; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I read your response as harrasing, and the response of the recipient
shows that it was taken as such. Politics may inform how we understand
and discuss licenses, but disparagement of another's political system is beyond
the scope of the list. If you insist on violating our terms of service, I
will insist that you be removed from this list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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