From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:18:21 -0500 (EST)
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To: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist
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On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:

> In article <Pine DOT NXT DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970201194236 DOT 14483S-100000 AT eagle1>,
> jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com writes
> >So long as opendos documents and supports writing  that will work
> >with speech synthesizers by means of switches and doesn't require a
> >mouseto work parts of it it should be able to be used by anyone and
> >not risk violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.
> >Failure to do this, combined with a business requiring
> >the operating system to be used by all employees could potentially
> >cause problems of an indirect legal nature.  The first ones would be for
> >the company, and the second ones would be the negative
> >publicity coming out of such a case with opendos mentioned
> >prominently.  Anyone on this list who has read the
> >A.D.A. probably knows the relevant sections.
> 
> Which is basically what I said.  Even after my initial state, I was
> thinking about how to best set up the option configuration.
> 
> I'm not famuliar with the A.D.A (as I'm in the UK), but I'm all for it
> as I'm sure it's probably quite sensible.  Of course, and submissions I
> made to Caldera for OpenDOS would no doubt be subject to American law
> before THEY could let it out.
> 
> But, as I've said, it'll be optional and won't change a thing unless you
> want it to.

Ahh, so I was correct in my assumptions as to your real intentions.
Some people are just too sensitive!  Don't you hate legal mumbo-jumbo
being thrown at you?  Especially when you live in a different country.
:o)

Take care Ian.
TTYL


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