Ian Denhardt <[email protected]> wrote .. > Here's the problem I see with this: I'm running a gnu social instance on > my own server, quite literally a PC sitting under my bed. How do you > justify saying I can't make your name, as it appears on my website, > running on my hardware, a link to anywhere I please? Supposing I don't > have an instance of GNU Social, I just have a website. should I not be > allowed to manually link to various people, who may or may not want me > to do so? It's possible it would be impolite of me, but ultimately > there's a free speech issue there. > > I'm not arguing privacy isn't important, but there's a conflict. > Certainly we need access controls so that I can control who can access > what on my profile, But it feels a bit draconian for you to be able to > have access controls that determine what I can post on my website. I > don't think I would run the software at all if it allowed for this, or > since it is free software, I would simply remove the functionality.
+1 IMO, a person's right to privacy does not extend to controlling the actions of others.
