On May 18, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
Phil, would you please stop pontificating about matters which you do not understand and which you are not willing to undertake the most cursory investigation into? Thanks.
I rather think that, from Sean's initial description, the reaction of "the person opposing this is being querellous, shoot them" was apropos.
And I think the basic question of "What do we do when a copyright holder is subjected to an interrogation assuming no good faith whatsoever, particularly when that copyright holder is a well- respected member of the community" is an important one. And the answer should not be "make them jump through a bunch of hoops." Your response, based on what Sean was actually saying, was unhelpful and ill considered.
-Phil