Re: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)

[Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>]

Brian Dessent wrote:
> > What the hell is some other employee doing snooping around your computer
> > to view these files?!? To me *that's* a hostile work environment created
> > by the snooping employee!
>
>
> I don't really think employers would be searching for naughty fortune
> files per se... However, workplace harassment is a big deal to large
> companies,
<snip>

Actually, since an individual PC at my company usually has several 
sequential owners (mine gets replaced with a brand new one, so the 
technician down the hall inherits mine, and her computer goes to the 
secretary, on down the line).

Now, personal (work-related, OF course) data is stored on the server. 
But "rogue" cygwin installations are on the machine's harddrive.  So, 
either I *remember* to wipe it -- or just fortune -- or Suzy Technician 
gets "my" computer WITH fortune's, er, offcolor, portions.  And she goes 
traipsing in C:\cygwin\usr\share\fortune\ (wonder what this is?) and 
goes all puritanical on my butt.

And she'd have a halfway-decent legal case, too.

That would not be good for me, nor for my company.

Again, NOT a big deal -- I just remove fortune.  I'm not offended, nor 
upset.  But there are some things that you just don't do, in today's 
legal environment.  Even if it is silly.

Remember McDonald's new warning label?  "Coffee may be hot".

--
Chuck