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From: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL www <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Archives policy
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:46:09 +0200
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On 16 apr 2009, at 16.33, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dave Page <[email protected]> writes:
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> 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.

Illegal in the united states ATM because that's where the server is.  
We have no choice there.

As for pornographic, extremist or whatever - that's already covered by  
illegal in the cases where we should care.

It's still pointless due to mirrors etc, but ifnit illegal we have no  
choice.

/Magnus

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