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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 00:59:26 GMT
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 05:12:30 GMT, "James Brown"
<galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jasper Janssen writes:
> I will bow to your expertise. Yes, I did (instinctively) take your reference
> to webserver to mean a physical box - that's probably because if I'm dealing
> with a webserver (or any server, generally) it's making weird noises, and has
> broken bits. ;)
I should have realised it sooner. However, it's best to remember, that
when discussing theory, it's best to think in "theoretical" boxes
rather than actual ones.
> > When it's on a public webserver it is published. When it is there via
> > legal means there's intent-to-publish. When it is there via illegal
> > means there is not (necessarily) intent-to-publish.
> >
> > My position in a nutshell.
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> Much the same as mine, now that we've got the vocabulary down. :)
Heh.
> I suspect the only signficant difference (and it is significant!) in our
> positions is that you feel strongly about the legalities of it, and I think
> they're fairly irrelevant.
They're quite possibly fairly irrelevant on Lugnet, what with it being
a private resource and all, and neither the First amendment nor the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights-Free Speech applying.
I just think it's a very dangerous precedent to set.
In essence, you're saying, "when someone breaks this rule, not only
will we kick him off lugnet, but we'll also throw him in jail".
_That_'s the dangerous part.
Jasper
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jasper Janssen writes: <snipped Q&D explanation of firewalls & so forth> (...) I will bow to your expertise. Yes, I did (instinctively) take your reference to webserver to mean a physical box - that's probably because if (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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