From: Mike Harris <GENIE@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T05:14:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly

Gene Venable wrote:

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To be fair, nothing in the disclaimer says anything like that.  It says 
that unauthorized use is prohibited.  Reading the e-mail is an 
authorized use; it was the intent.