From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6237 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2010 14:43:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 6221 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Feb 2010 14:43:35 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:43:31 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA243370002 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:43:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xbs1tFlbMTd0; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:43:27 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4B892F8D.5090104@ecoscentric.com> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:43:00 -0000 From: Alex Schuilenburg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100216 Thunderbird/3.0.2 ThunderBrowse/3.2.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Commercial postings on ecos-discuss etc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 Dear Maintainers, I am made unclear about the policy of the maintainers to commercial postings to eCos discuss due to the posting yesterday by John Dallaway where I believe he is using his maintainer position to post or gather information of a commercial nature for his company's benefit. Previously, the guidelines stated that such postings should contain [COMMERCIAL] in the subject to alert subscribers to the nature of the content. If this is not a commercial post, unfortunately his posting was not clear as to the nature, reasoning and backing of this research. I would be most interested to see laid open what development plans the ecos maintainers may have for host tool development, as has been strongly advocated in the past. I would also enquire as to why the results are not being made public for the benefit of the community. However, if this is a commercial post, then I would like to ask how the policy regarding commercial postings has changed. In addition, if John is conducting this survey for the benefit of his company, I would like to point out to him and you that I believe the survey does not comply fully to either the Companies Act 2006 or the Data Protection Act 1998. I would also like further clarification regarding netiquette and commercial postings on ecos-discuss in this regard. Sincerely -- Alex Schuilenburg Managing Director/CEO eCosCentric Limited Tel: +44 1223 245571 Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive Fax: +44 1223 248712 Cambridge, CB5 8UU, UK www.ecoscentric.com Reg in England and Wales, Reg No 4422071 Besuchen Sie uns vom 2-4 März auf der Embedded World 2010, Stand 11-208 Visit us at Embedded World 2010, Nürnberg-Germany, 2-4 Mar, Stand 11-208