RE: [ga] Proposal for mailing list policy

["William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>]

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On 12-Jan-2000 Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> Here's an attempt at formulating a coherent and useful mailing list policy.
> It would be useful if we could take this as a basis for discussion; what I 
> expect to happen is that we get a "sense of the list" and modify the 
> proposal in light of comments, make a new proposal near the end of the 
> week, and attempt to take an opinion poll on the result, ending early next 
> week.
> 
> One thing that I'm particularly unsure about in this proposal is the 
> requirement to be able to verify identity if demanded; this is a costly 
> operation with many inherent problems wrt privacy/free speech, standards of 
> proof and so on.
> If implemented at all, I think the suggested method is something like what 
> it would have to be, but I'd like to see if there is list support for 
> either keeping it or dropping it altogether.

It has my support, Harold.

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