From phm@a2e.de Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:13:54 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:13:54 +0200 (CEST)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] Patent on online advertising.

> Note: some people posted messages in french in this mailing list. I recall
> that this is against the policy of the list, and I apologize to our
> non french-speaking readers

There were reasons to write those things in french, since they pertained
to internal french taxation policies. If you think that these messages are
an offense to non-french-speaking readers, one could suggest that the
authors prepend a prefix like [FR] to such messages that would allow
anyone to filter them out quickly.

I don't think that any forum needs a language policy.  The language
question is self-regulating. If people use a language that not everybody
understands, they lose readers.

-phm







