It's illegal when you publish someone else's letter (email) without their consent. Copyright and stuff.
We in the open source community should be more vigilant in this regard since we honorably abide by licensing agreements, particularly the various open source licenses we use. Trying to bring the topic back to Linux and open source. Hehehe. Just my .02 On Dec 9, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Johann Vincent Paul Tagle <[email protected]> wrote: I don't think there's anything illegal in what they do - they receive information, try to verify its authenticity, then publish it (see http://wikileaks.ch/about.html). It's not like they conducted wiretapping activities and the like to get their stories. And yes, this is OT, so I modified the subject =) Johann On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Ralph Bacolod <[email protected]> wrote: > Why is it illegal ? > > This is kinda OT.btw. > Ralph Bacolod ,MT > http://devora.homelinux.org > twitter: @rafiks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Ching <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:00:23 > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List< > [email protected]> > Reply-To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group \(PLUG\) Technical Discussion > List" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] WikiLeaks mirror sites > > What wikileaks does is illegal and criminal. I wouldn't mirror their > site for the same reason that I will not pirate licensed software. > Open source is best. :) > > The end does not justify the means. > > > > On Dec 9, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This page shows a world map of sites mirroring WikiLeaks. It looks like > > four are based in the Philippines. > > > > http://labs.vis4.net/wikileaks/mirrors/ > > > > Obet > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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