Mike's responsibility is to inform us of our *legal* obligations. NLT is a * social* obligation at Wikipedia, and it's outside of his remit.
On Jan 3, 2008 5:51 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
I'll save you the "digging" and copy in what he wrote:
Mike wrote:
I'm probably missing something, but it doesn't seem to me to be a legal threat if one editor notifies another editor that the latter's participation may raise UCMJ or regulations problems. This is not the same thing as threatening to sue. Nor does it strike me as a legal threat to note that some members of the armed forces may be compelled by UCMJ or related regulation to report on-wiki activity that looks like a serviceman (or servicewoman) violating regulation or policy.
To me, a legal threat would look something like this: "If you don't do X (or cease doing Y), then I'm going to report you to the authorities and get you in trouble with your CO." It would *not* look like this: "I'm just letting you know that your participation in this way may create problems for you under the UCMJ or regulations, especially because some of us are obligated by that legal framework to report apparent violations."
My interpretation of at least part of the above is:
A politely worded warning of a legal obligation to report is not considered a legal threat, as it is distinct from a 'threat to sue.'
I previously wrote:
I'm satisfied with what Mike Godwin wrote, which is that if politely issued it is wrongheaded to construe policy as prohibiting warnings of a legal obligation.
I stand by the interpretation I made in both sentences, and I'm disappointed that you decided I was intentionally misrepresenting Mike's opinion without actually bothering to take the time to look up what he wrote.
Nathan
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