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Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak
From: "Les Bell" <lesbell () lesbell com au>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:45:35 +1100
Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
If you tell me what I may and may not do, and I haven't agreed to it, then you're blowing bytes. << Your point about being unable to unilaterally create a contract is spot on, but:
If you and I agree on an agreement, then it's a contract, and it's binding. << Not quite; there has to be one more thing to form a contract under common law: an exchange of considerations. If you offer to pay me (or provide some service or other item of value) not to reveal the contents of an email, then we can form a contract. In absence of consideration, no contract exists. Despite some subtleties between US and English law, this basically applies in both and many other jurisdictions. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Juha-Matti Laurio (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Drsolly (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Jeffrey Sharpe (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Drsolly (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Jeffrey Sharpe (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Kitsune (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Jeffrey Sharpe (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Drsolly (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak robert_mcmillan (Feb 11)
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- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Drsolly (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak robert_mcmillan (Feb 11)
- Re: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak Les Bell (Feb 11)