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On 2020.12.12 12:07, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote: |
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> > I have a major concern with the concept of the council |
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> > deciding to close any part of the forum. Its like this ... |
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> > At present, Gentoo is a common carrier, like the mail. |
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> > The content of letters and parcels is of little concern to the |
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> > carrier. |
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> > Gentoos status could be changed by a council decision to |
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> > close any part of the forum from common carrier to publisher, |
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> > were the council seen to be exercising editorial control. |
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> > Being a publisher makes Gentoo liable for the published |
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> > content. Gentoo could not run the forums at all under those |
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> > conditions. |
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> This is misinformation at best, and deliberate confusion sowing at |
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> worst. |
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> I assume that you're talking about the US legal situation. [#] |
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<snip totally irrelevant material> |
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> [...] |
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> ==================== |
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> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230 |
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> Cheers. |
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> -- |
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> Andreas K. Hüttel |
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> dilfridge@g.o |
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> Gentoo Linux developer |
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> (council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) |
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Rule 1 is never assume. |
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That makes the rest of your post irrelevant. |
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In the UK, which selfishly, is all that matters to me, if I compile |
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and edit a community newsletter, I'm the publisher, with all the liabilities |
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of a publisher. Like, say, the News of the World. I have editorial |
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control and am liable for the content. |
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When someone distributes that same newsletter by putting it |
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through the village letterboxes, they have no liability for the content. |
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In the same vein, is the council accidentality, through ignorance or |
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otherwise, in danger of making Gentoo a publisher, with all the |
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attached liability for content? |
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I don't know the answer either. |
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Oh, the News of the World folded after a lawsuit related to an |
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article it published. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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elections |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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