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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: the Olson Timezone Database
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:46:19 -0500
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On 02/15/2012 12:31 PM, RedGrittyBrick wrote:
> On 15/02/2012 13:45, David Lamb wrote:
>> On 15/02/2012 7:53 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> On 2/14/2012 11:41 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:01:14 -0500, Eric Sosman
>>>> <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
>>>> someone who said :
>>>>> I hope you will post a retraction here, and remove the "Burn
>>>>> their houses down" message from your site.
>>>>
>>>> What I said is already far milder than what I think. This sort of
>>>> behaviour in inexcusable, and in the service of ASTROLOGY!!! splutter!
>>>
>>> You promote vandalism. That's all I need to know.
>>
>> I can't condone vandalism either, but if Roedy had said "let's use
>> whatever legal means we can find to fight back" I'd have agreed
>> enthusiastically. Creating/joining an Olson Database Legal Defence Fund
>> might make sense.
>>
>
> Haven't IANA taken over?
>
> http://www.iana.org/time-zones
>
Browsing a tz mailing list archive, available here:
<https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/tz>,
I see no calls for vigilantism. Shame, Roedy.

I was happy to be made aware of the issue and
to get a glimpse of the complexities involved.
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2011-October/008156.html>