Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:33:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:33:50 -0500 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.74]:57019 "EHLO falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:33:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:44:20 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Smith To: "'kernel list'" Subject: Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to publish it. In-Reply-To: <078701c2ec1a$6e98aec0$294b82ce@connecttech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 24 On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Stuart MacDonald wrote: > I'm under the impression that postcards do not carry an expectation of > privacy due to their readability during transmission. I'd expect that > email would be found to have the similar lack of expectation were it > to be tested in court. That would cover disclosing information from email, but it wouldn't cover publishing copies of email. The general opinion from lawyers and law students, when this has been discussed on misc.legal, has been that email would be treated similarly to regular mail. So, copying the entire thing to a mailing list or usenet would probably be a copyright violation. Quoting parts of it as part of an argument would probably be fair use. It's almost always considered extremely rude to unilaterally take a private argument public, which should be enough to stop civilized people, regardless of the legal issues. --Tim Smith - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/