On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:
@Ashok if you read what I have written, is if you reproduce what I have posted on the Internet or email that is called Plagiarism. The people I work for can slap you with a law suite. If they feel the information you Plagiarised is potentially damaging to them. The problem is not me its on you. If I publish something you wrote, I am also must reference you as my source.
By the way Ahok, if you are aware about these laws in the west you will not be arguing with me. If you dont know abou these read about these Licenses and figure out why they exist.. GPL (all versions), LGPL, MIT, BSD ..... and thousands others. Ask yourself why people and companies find it necessary to copyright and patent their info.
This is nothing to do with me but its about the legal systems operating in the world, whether you want to or not as long as you post anything on the internet you are subject to these laws through jurisdiction. Just because no one prosecutes does not meant they are not in place
You are extending copyright law from one jurisdiction into another where there is none. I suspect you are more upset about the contents of the email you posted becoming public on a website -- rather than any real IP value in it for e.g. can you answer : how much money did you lose by your email being published on that site ? Copyright is not going to help you, unless you can actually prove such things. You don't have a confidentially agreement with any of the persons receiving your email. So its not clear what damages or intellectual property theft you are claiming. As I said if you are worried about what you say on a public mailing list being published online -- you shoudnt be online.