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RE: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:12:23 -0600
- Subject: RE: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)
> Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> > Yes and no, Corinna. Merely having them on the harddrive
> in a company
> > computer could be construed as "creating a hostile work environment"
> > -- leading to liability issues for the company and
> employment "issues"
> > for the unsuspecting cygwin user.
>
> Any company firing me for "creating a hostile work
> environment" for such a matter as this is, in my book, not a
> company I wish to work for. YMMV.
>
Nor I. In fact, I doubt many would disagree. But then, many have mouths to
feed, and may not have the luxury of wishing.
> > I'm definitely going to have to uninstall the fortune
> package at work
> > -- probably even if the xxx content is "encrypted". My employer is
> > lenient enough when it comes to "rogue" cygwin
> installations (e.g. not
> > installed by the IT guys) but they'll get downright annoyed if
> > employees create a liability problem for them by installing
> something
> > that might offend another employee (e.g "create a hostile work
> > environment")
>
> What the hell is some other employee doing snooping around
> your computer to view these files?!? To me *that's* a hostile
> work environment created by the snooping employee!
Welcome to the 21st century Andrew.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
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