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Re: Commercial postings on ecos-discuss etc
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jifl at jifvik dot org>
- To: Alex Schuilenburg <alexs at ecoscentric dot com>
- Cc: ecos-maintainers at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:28:52 +0000
- Subject: Re: Commercial postings on ecos-discuss etc
- References: <4B892F8D.5090104@ecoscentric.com> <4B8D1877.4060106@jifvik.org> <4B8D4ABD.3060305@ecoscentric.com> <4B8D709E.3030606@jifvik.org> <4B8D9B39.8080905@ecoscentric.com>
On 02/03/10 23:11, Alex Schuilenburg wrote:
> Jonathan Larmour wrote:
>>
>> Where do we draw the line with "commercial benefit"? Adverts? Research?
>> Surveys? Signatures? Email addresses? Indirect references? Mentioning
>> the company name anywhere in a post? It is too far to say there must be
>> /no/ commercial benefit.
>>
> Of course not, lets not get silly. I was suggesting nothing other than
> making clear the details of the survey, especially coming from a
> respected person such as a maintainer.
And what I was meaning is that the line between commercial and not
commercial may always be a bit woolly.
>> We can't condone an allegation with insufficient information.
>>
> I not sure what you mean.
I meant really, it's over to John, as per the clarifications requested
in my previous mail.
> If you are asking me for information, then what I can say is that any
> survey taking place by, for or on behalf of a UK company has to conform
> to the DPA. You can search for companies registered here:
> http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/search.asp
>
> ICO registration of course also does not automatically make the survey
> conform to the DPA...
Ah. Again I think over to John.
Jifl