Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE7D633A7A for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:33:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 86027-05 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:33:25 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA18863346E for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:33:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3GEXLZ8017155; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:33:21 -0400 (EDT) To: Dave Page cc: PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: Archives policy In-reply-to: <937d27e10904160705y3f59662r3161d9bcd0add30b@mail.gmail.com> References: <937d27e10904160107t6406b64cxddec956619c3374@mail.gmail.com> <16454.1239890476@sss.pgh.pa.us> <937d27e10904160705y3f59662r3161d9bcd0add30b@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Dave Page message dated "Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:05:10 +0100" Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:33:21 -0400 Message-ID: <17154.1239892401@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200904/70 X-Sequence-Number: 16937 Dave Page writes: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> I would be happy with a policy that says >> "The archives are graven on stone tablets.  Don't bother asking." >> but if we are willing to editorialize in extreme cases then maybe >> the second part needs to be modified. > I don't think we can refuse if there is anything illegal, defamatory, > extremist, pornographic etc. Why not? As you point out, there are many copies of our archives, so it'd be pretty useless to edit one. Also, illegal according to whose law, or pornographic in whose eyes? I think saying we'll do that is just inviting tin-hat censorship attempts. regards, tom lane