23 May
2008
23 May
'08
2:52 p.m.
In message 4836BA48.1010109@ge.com you wrote:
THIS MESSAGE AND ALL ATTACHED DOCUMENTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY INTENDED TO THE INDICATED RECIPIENTS AND ITS CONTENTS MAY BE CONFIDENTIAL. IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO ANYONE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE, USE, OR
> DIVULGE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. IF YOU MISTAKENLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...
Obviously the whole world is the "INDICATED RECIPIENTS" and thus it is OK to "TAKE COGNIZANCE" of his email. :-P
You are not a lawyer. You apply much too much common sense.
The text reads: "IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO *ANYONE* TO TAKE COGNIZANCE..."
In legal speak, "anyone" really means "anyone", including the "indicated recipients".
Yes, we agree that this is plain stupid, but that's what it says.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de
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