On Aug 3, 3:13*pm, Mike Bristow wrote:

Dr. Sunil wrote:

If the info is in the public domain why on earth would you get into
trouble for divulging said info here????

He probably wouldn't. *But it would take some time and effort to
find out if the information is in the public domain - which he
might want to do before posting it here, Just In Case.

And that doesn't cover the case where the public info is X, but the
internal info is Y...

There are two separate bits of information being discussed in this
thread - that's the v. simple explanation.