From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:28:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040122132839.GD7862@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040121230851.A27913@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:08:51PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Umm, I don't think that's entirely correct. There's a problem in the
> UK and EU with 100% open mailing lists - it's called data protection,
> where the owner of their personal data has certain rights. I believe
> that it is questionable whether such open lists can be run in the EU,
> or even by EU individuals.
>
> There appears to be two ways around this problem:
There is a third, actually:
3. Abandon running mailing lists in the E.U., and let them be run in
the other countries that don't have these sorts of insane laws.
"The Net interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it."
- Ted
P.S. Not that I think that concept of data protection is a bad thing,
but if it prevents open mailing lists --- if posting to a list isn't
considered an implicit permission to redistribute the mail and have it
be archived --- something is badly, badly, badly wrong.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-22 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <ecartis-01212004203954.14209.1@mail.convergence2.de>
2004-01-21 19:43 ` List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts Dave Jones
2004-01-21 19:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-01-21 19:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-21 19:56 ` Dave Jones
2004-01-21 20:12 ` John Bradford
2004-01-21 21:44 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-22 5:11 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-21 20:38 ` Zan Lynx
2004-01-21 20:57 ` Charles Cazabon
2004-01-21 21:57 ` Diego Calleja
2004-01-21 21:15 ` Dave Jones
2004-01-21 21:29 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-01-21 21:30 ` [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: " Mike Fedyk
2004-01-21 22:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-01-21 23:01 ` Wakko Warner
2004-01-22 6:51 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-01-22 14:31 ` Wakko Warner
2004-01-21 23:40 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 0:26 ` Zan Lynx
2004-01-22 5:14 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-22 13:24 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-22 16:56 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 17:01 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-01-22 17:10 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 17:35 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-01-22 18:18 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 17:11 ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-01-22 17:30 ` viro
2004-01-22 17:34 ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2004-01-22 17:41 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 18:20 ` Brian Beattie
2004-01-23 7:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2004-01-23 9:24 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-22 18:35 ` David Lang
2004-01-22 18:49 ` David Ford
2004-01-22 22:18 ` jw schultz
2004-01-22 22:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-22 23:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-23 6:49 ` David S. Miller
2004-01-23 15:38 ` Chris Ricker
2004-01-23 9:25 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-23 19:38 ` Pavel Machek
2004-01-22 22:43 ` Scott Laird
2004-01-24 20:14 ` Kevin O'Connor
2004-01-24 21:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-24 23:25 ` Kevin O'Connor
[not found] ` <1hDmg-4AP-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-01-24 23:59 ` Russ Allbery
2004-01-22 22:15 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-01-23 8:43 ` Jes Sorensen
2004-01-26 22:58 ` Max Valdez
2004-01-23 9:17 ` Paul Jakma
2004-01-22 5:13 ` Rik van Riel
2004-01-21 23:08 ` Russell King
2004-01-22 13:28 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2004-01-21 22:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-01-21 23:01 ` Marcus Metzler
2004-01-22 14:14 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2004-01-22 15:14 ` Marcus Metzler
2004-01-22 15:31 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2004-01-21 23:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-01-22 15:15 ` Michael Hunold
2004-01-22 15:18 ` Dave Jones
2004-01-21 20:08 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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