In article <87l### [at] bachcomposers> , Ole Laursen 
<ola### [at] hardworkingdk>  wrote:

>> Many of his other statements over the years are legally questionable
>> and close to libel.
>
> Which ones, may I ask? I think you'll find it difficult to find any.
> Voicing your opinion about licensing issues aren't illegal, you know.
> And I think your statement above is actually much closer to libel. :-)

He has been kicked out of various discussions because of the way he
expresses his opinion.  At the very least his gesture is one example, so I
am very well covered!

>> He has publicly damaged the POV-Team - anybody remembering the
>> incident on some Linux show a few years go, which was reported
>> somewhere in these groups?
>
> I remember it (i.e. the report of it), and I agree it was silly. But he
> still has the right to voice his opinion - after all the POV-Team
> isn't sacred.

His gesture has several implications.  Back in the days of the Roman Empire
the gesture could mean a death sentence.  See it whatever way you want, but
threatening physical injury (also he probably did not mean it this way) is
no longer free expression of an opinion.

    Thorsten

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