Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:34:22PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:16:28 +0200 Joerg Jaspert wrote: > I *used* to think that those disclaimers are implicit in most cases. > But then, I was harshly accused of not making it clear enough that > I am neither a lawyer, nor a Debi

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Walter Landry
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:34:22PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > As a consequence I began adding the disclaimers to my messages, in > > order to explicitly remind readers about the above facts. > > > Now, you say that those disclaimers are a waste of

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The real issue is not that you [Francesco Poli] were posting without > disclaimers. The issue that led to those disclaimers was *exactly* that some thought Francesco should make it clear he is not speaking officially. > When someone posts to debian-le

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your [Steve Langasek's] complaint, on the other hand, is just as valid > or invalid whether Francesco is a Debian developer or not. However, > the description of the list says: > > debian-legal mailing list > Copyright, licensing and patent issues >

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Ben Finney
Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [debian-legal] does not restrict itself to dispensing the > > decisions of the ftp-masters. > > Perhaps that should be fixed then. What would your proposed fix entail? Surely not divorcing the ftp-mas

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:34:31PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The real issue is not that you [Francesco Poli] were posting without > > disclaimers. > The issue that led to those disclaimers was *exactly* that some > thought Francesco should make it c

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-07-02 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:13:06 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: [...] > The real issue is not that you were posting without disclaimers. The real > issue is that you post to debian-legal with *content* that is inappropriate > *because* you are not a lawyer or a Debian developer. > > When someone posts t