Re: Company sued over comments in code

Pete Ware <ware(a)cis.ohio-state.edu&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: It doesn't sound as if it's any different than similar code (and commentary) in XEmacs. I've gone as far (probably too far) as I'm going to go in that area. If you're offended by comments in source code and wouldn't want to run a program with such source code, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. I'm afraid of getting sued, but not that afraid. This is not a contradiction with my stance on Stallman flames in the source. Comments or code containing flames directed at any individual in particular will and should be rejected. It isn't fair, in any sense of the word. If you're thin-skinned or a juvenile[1] then you don't belong on the Internet IMO. Footnotes: [1] Specifically meaning the definition #2: juvenile adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: {adolescent}, {jejune}, {puerile}] n : a youthful person [syn: {juvenile person}] [ant: {adult}]