-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 twofourtysix wrote: > On 05/07/05, Jon Portnoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 06:59:24AM +0100, twofourtysix wrote: >> >>>uncensored, I'll accept that Gentoo as an organisation has no >>>influence over the content. Otherwise, by moderating the contents, >>>Gentoo is implicitly accepting responsibility for the items which >>>remain. >> >>So the fact that the forums are moderated means that anything anybody >>ever posts to the forums anywhere is _the_ Gentoo opinion? > > > No, it means that Gentoo is accepting responsibility for carrying the > posts. Isn't that why threads advocating certain kinds of clearly > illegal activity (software 'piracy' and hate speech being the most > common, but also threads which contain people's personal information > posted without permission) are deleted or locked? > > Remember, unlike the planet, the forums don't advertise their content > as being written "by Gentoo developers".
Gentoo plays the role of ISP in this case, and in general isn't liable for things said on its forums etc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCyi5GXVaO67S1rtsRAtflAJ9UrpAJWNXw34s5LnlFdY/w0CbDpQCgh2QZ qwca1AKu4VPTFHgxoeAUoBY= =tAVa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
