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On 2020.12.12 14:47, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> On December 12, 2020 8:24:44 AM EST, Roy Bamford |
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> <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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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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> ><snip references> |
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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 |
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> >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 |
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> >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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> This doesn't correlate. The problem is and has been, the content is |
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> not aligned with our community values and standards. |
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> Simple enough. No need for legal shenanigans, liability, etc. |
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> -- |
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> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
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0/20 for answering a question I didn't ask and not addressing the |
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one I did. |
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Care to try addressing the liability question? |
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I don't care about the US or from 1-Jan-21, the EU. |
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I'm in the UK so that's the jurisdiction that applies to me. |
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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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