Re: SPAM DB has been released

Ed Avis wrote:

> I do not think this is a fair question because you end up trying to
> judge what is 'intended' by an article; that is difficult to do
> objectively; it is better to look at what the article says and its
> subject matter.

I think there is a big difference between me or you posting the following:

"Get yourself a copy of Tom Kyte's book ...."

And Tom Kyte or his publisher or a bookstore posting the same thing.

One is a direct response to a specific issue raised by an OP and from which we benefit by not one cent ... the other is a purely self-serving commercial message. The text may be the same ... but there is a very tangible difference.

I am as big a capitalist as anyone else and it is not my intent, no matter how construed, to stop commercial speech or censor posts. What I want to do is establish clarity as to what is spam so that these groups can be defended against those whose purpose is to use them as a marketing tool and thus ruin them for their original and intended purpose.

Given that this thread has already received negative reaction from some ... why don't we take this off-line?

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