Oh wow, did we just ban a mirror because of its joke domain? That's 10/10 professionalism indeed.
On 西元2017年07月25日 14:53, Philip Stark wrote: > Hi Midov, Alucard, > >> On 25 Jul 2017, at 08:11, Midov <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Dear Florian Pritz, > <snip> >>> What does it take to remove all forms of free speech, before it >>> doesn't >>> matter to anyone at all? >>> > This is not about free speech. > > As far as I understand, you are free to host Arch Linux material on your > server under whatever domain you feel like. That is as far as free speech > goes. The decision by the Arch Linux project (through Florian) was to stop > listing your server, which would imply a certain affiliation. That is not > about free speech, it’s a decision by a non-governmental entity. They have > the right (legally and ethically, imho) to decide whom to affiliate with, > irrelevant of the reason. > > This is a move that was borne from a concern for the reputation of the > project. You seem to value “teh lulz” high, which is your right. Florian > valued the reputation of the project higher than your right to have a goofily > named mirror on the official list. I agree. And I’m not sure why that is such > a problem. > > <snip> >>> Could you keep a list of alternative domains not deemed safe for >>> work, but >>> still mirrors for Arch? >>> >>> >>> >>> Imagine if others were to host Arch, let's say on an OpenNic domain, >>> or an >>> onion address, would those get deemed Not Safe Work too? >>> Maybe I'll register CIAloves2.divideandconqu.er to make it more >>> palatable. >>> > How edgy... > >> I for one would download all my shit from cute loli mirror. >> Triggered feminists have no place on the free internet, let them go >> back to their censored safe spaces. >> Thanks for your attention. > Then go on, add this mirror to your config. Nobody asks you or them not to > use this domain. > > This is not about feminism, free speech or safe spaces. This is about > protecting the reputation of a project trying to project a certain amount of > professionalism. And to be honest, I feel a little tired of these discussions > trying to use free speech as a shield to waste everyone’s time just because > they feel their little jokes deserve wide-spread attention. > > > TL;DR: A non-governmental project has every right to associate with whatever > entities they want. Florian felt that loli.forsale is a domain that does not > represent the professionalism they would like to portray. Thus it was > removed. > > I will answer replies, but I will no longer post about this topic to this > list, as I feel it would be spam. > > Cheers, > Philip Stark
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