On 18/05/2008, Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Anthony writes:
What recourse does the board have against a board member that violates this agreement? Expulsion from the board?
There are other legal remedies as well, including (for example) enjoining the publication of confidential information.
Mike, I'm not talking about the confidential information provision here, I'm talking about the non-disparagement provision.
Well, since you referred to "this agreement," I understood you to be referring to the whole thing, not just to a particular clause. I hope you can see why I read it that way.
While a literal reading of his question would suggest that interpretation, the fact the this entire conversation is about the non-disparagement clause would seem to make it fairly obvious that that's what he was talking about.
It says "criticize", but you are interpreting it as meaning "attack". These words do not mean the same thing.
I do, however, believe the locutions "personally criticize" and "personally attack" are synonymous.
I don't think we're going to make any progress until we resolve this issue.