On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 10:37 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:40:31AM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: > > I would be against revealing messages written by or > > containing excerpts written by former DDs who have died or disappeared. > > I think that's backwards; it seems like it'd make /more/ sense to publish > messages from DDs who've passed away, since there's even less chance of > it harming their prospects, and hiding the contributions they've made > doesn't seem like it'd do their memory justice. Making best efforts to > contact next of kin seems pretty plausible though. >
My only qualm is that the change shouldn't apply retroactively. Someone who posted to debian-private in the past, who is unable to make objections now, didn't give permission to make their private posts public. They posted to debian-private with the understanding that those posts would stay private. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
