[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH V2] ARM: Add support for Lyrtech SFF-SDRboard (ARM926EJS)

Jerry Van Baren gerald.vanbaren at ge.com
Fri May 23 15:03:58 CEST 2008


Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <4836BA48.1010109 at 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".

Ahh, you are right.  You've out Englished my English.  ;-)  My English 
teacher in the 5th grade would harp on this: it should say "ANYONE ELSE" 
to prevent the internal conflict.  So many native English speaking 
people like make this error that we've become like blind to it.

Best regards,
gvb




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