From: Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T04:51:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly


On 06-09-21, at 13:19, Gene Venable wrote:

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> Am I permitted to read this message? What gives me an
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> what use of this communication is authorized when this
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I think you'll find any sane court rule that the expectation of  
privacy goes out the window when publishing a post knowingly to a  
public mailing list. That said, IANAL.

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Jeremy Tregunna
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