[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

[Wjhonson]

"Publish" means to make public.  To make available to the public.
Telling your buddies in the locker room is not "publishing".


 


No it isn't. Telling one mate down the pub might but multiple people
is kinda dicey. I assume more than one person has access to the
User:Oversight feed.

Exactly what is and isn't considered a private communication is a
complex area though.

 

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: geni <geniice at gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action


On 20 May 2011 23:13, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ah. No thats not accurate. Fortunately even the British courts can't
> stamp On private communication.
>
> The injunction is on publishing the info. Telling your mates down the
> pub is fine.
>

No it isn't. Telling one mate down the pub might but multiple people
is kinda dicey. I assume more than one person has access to the
User:Oversight feed.

Exactly what is and isn't considered a private communication is a
complex area though.



-- 
geni

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