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Re: Hacker Links page
Hi Duffy,
First, let me say it has been quite pleasant dealing with you on this issue.
I appreciate your even-headed approach.
> My most sincere apologies for any personal inconvenience to you in this
> matter. The sole purpose of the request was just to ask you to delete a
> link to a site. We didn't intend or foresee any problems with the
> request, but there were and I believe a more detailed explanation is in
> order.
Agreed.
> We here at Telecode were notified by Mr. Lancaster several weeks ago
> that he wished that the link(s) we had given to his site be removed. No
> reason was given, and of course, none was required.
Unfortunately in this case my policy was diametricaly opposed to yours.
Unless somebody is a paying customer or has legal justification I don't
comply with a great many external requests, I try to make as few as possible
as well.
I support a wide range of users and they specificaly request that I keep
them up to date with what is going on in a variety of technology areas.
Not only do I send a copius amount of forwards from various mailing lists,
print sources, etc. but I also keep a webpage with some critical links to
resources they have inquired about. Don's was one of them.
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> I also remarked that I would do my best to contact and ask that the link
> be removed. I did this because it "appeared" to Mr. Lancaster that the
> both yours and our site were somehow "connected". Of which, there are
> not. We do not claim that there is any copyright infringement on you
> part and we also state openly that your are the "true and rightful owner
> of that page". We believe, because of the similarity of the pages, that
> we had a "responsibility" at least to ask that you remove the link. So,
> we did.
A sign of an honorable business.
> Again, I apologize for any inconvenience in this matter.
Not a problem. Sounds like you have been the one inconvenienced by this
the most.
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