On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 00:14 +0200, RGB ES wrote: > 2012/6/20 drew jensen <[email protected]>: > >> > >> List Conduct Policy > >> > >> 1. > >> What Happens on the list, stays on the list: > >> Anything you read in the private list is by default a private PPMC > >> affair and not to be spoken of, or copied to, other people who are not > >> in > >> the PPMC. If you think about it, most topic threads probably should > >> be in > >> the public lists, except choosing committers and PPMC members, and a > >> very > >> few other topics. > >> In fact, all email lists or email conversations have this aspect of > >> privacy. Even if there are 23000 subscribers on the list, it is assumed > >> that privacy will be maintained and a list member's name and location > >> will > >> not be disclosed in some public venue where personal privacy is not > >> expected, > >> such as published in a newspaper or some other. > > > > hi, > > > > I would disagree with that last statement completely - a public list is > > just that, public, and there should be absolutely no expectation of > > privacy whatsoever. To pretend otherwise is simply to lie to those who > > would use the list. > > > > //drew > > Point one refers to the private lists, I think. > > Maybe add a "point zero" with an introduction to the mailing lists, as > Ross asked? Not a detailed introduction, just to say most lists are > public but one is private. Then the "code of conduct" can be separated > on a "general part" that apply to all lists and a second part with > additional rules (for instance, the privacy one) for the private list. > > Ricardo >
OK if that is really just about private lists, but the last sentence read to me as if it was broader. Anyway - to be honest I find the whole subject rather silly. Does anyone really need to be told that what happens on a private list is by definition to be held in confidence? //drew
