My biggest problem with all this is that it's gonna mean a lot of work - for the 'declassifying team' and for people who want to be bothered about commenting on the process is respect of particular email. Thats time that I feel could be better spent.
I do understand the motives... -- Paul On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 08:32:59AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > > Rationale: > > I have been thinking about the kinds of reasons for not > wanting to have a post to -private published. I came up with two > major (reasonable) scenarios: > > a) The post contained sensitive material. > > In this case, if a reasonable case has been made for the > material being sensitive, and one that the declassification > teams accepted, then the material should be redacted from the > post, and every post it has been quoted in. If it is sensitive > in one post, it is sensitive in another. > > b) I do not want to be associated with the post in question > > In other words, if this showed up in google it may hurt my > future job prospects post ;-). In this case, the post can be > published, just every identifying bit about the author needs > be redacted from this post and the quotes. > > This latter action would, in my opinion, allow more of some > informative, though heated, discussions to be available to posterity > <grin>. > > Also, we are, in effect, considering retroactively overturning > a published privacy policy; I think that we do need to state up front > that the copyright holders wishes would be heeded, even when the post > in question is quoted in other emails. > > Here is a diff from AJ's proposal. I am now formally seeking > seconds for this modified proposal, which has explicit guidelines for > the most common case for not wantng the posts to be published. > > manoj > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian will > seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing significance > made to the Debian Private Mailing List. > > This process will be undertaken under the following constraints: > > * The Debian Project Leader will delegate one or more volunteers > to form the "debian-private declassification team". > > * The team will automatically declassify and publish posts made to > that list that are three or more years old, with the following > exceptions: > > - the author and other individuals quoted in messages being reviewed > will be contacted, and allowed between four and eight weeks > to comment; > > - posts that reveal financial information about individuals or > organisations other than Debian, will have that information > removed; > > - - requests by the author of a post for that post not to be published > - will be honoured; > + - If the author makes a resonable case that some material is > + sensitive, then that material is redacted from that post and any > + other post where it has been quoted > + > + - If the author indicates he does not wish to be associated with a > + post, any identifying information is redacted from that post, > + and any quotes in subsequent posts, but the rest of the material > + is published. > > - posts of no historical or other relevance, such as vacation > - announcements, or posts that have no content after personal > + announcements, or posts that have no content after > information is removed, will not be published, unless the author > requests they be published; > > - comments by others who would be affected by the publication of > the post will also be taken into account by the declassification > team; > > - the list of posts to be declassified will be made available to > developers two weeks before publication, so that the decisions > of the team may be overruled by the developer body by General > Resolution, if necessary -- in the event such a resolution is > introduced (ie, proposed and sponsored), the declassification > and publication of messages specified by the resolution will be > deferred until the resolution has been voted on. > --- > > -- > Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others. > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> > 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]