On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Ravi Pina <r...@cow.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 04:34:16PM -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Yvan Boily <ybo...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can I ask if you think mailing lists should be private?
> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
>
> I don't feel this is a fair comparison and whether a mailing list is
> private or not is irrelevant.  The communications are implicitly
> logged because of the nature how the messages are sent.  For IRC logging
> is not implied.  While there is nothing to prevent someone from
> independently logging conversations, the notion that all activity is
> logged and archived for public consumption potentially creates a hostile
> environment.
>

Wait are you trying to tell me that its implied that when you send a packet
using a email protocol its implied it will be logged but when you send a
message via the irc protocol there is an expectancy that it is not?

Mozilla uses inspircd which by default logs all user messages in and out
and on channels: <log method="file" type="* -USERINPUT -USEROUTPUT
-m_spanningtree" level="default" target="ircd.log">

As for it creating a hostile environment as others already pointed out a
good amount of channels are already logged and publicly archived so were
talking about just logging and archiving the remaining channels. No hostile
environment has so far existed in fact its been positive.





>
> Consider the implications if someone were to record a meeting professional
> or not.  The mere presence of the recording will perhaps cause those less
> willing to speak to not speak at all.  Perhaps they are self conscious or
> just fundamentally prefer to be able to choose when their words are made
> public in this way.
>

Non-profits and public bodies in many countries are required by law to
record minutes of meetings many have full video and audio recording and yet
many people still attend them. Recording them and making it available
publicly has demonstrably increased access to these meetings.


>
> This happens with the press all the time.  When things are off the record
> people are more willing to talk and be open and honest, but as soon as
> there is a recorder and things go on the record statements are calculated
> and planned.
>

Are you saying people are more deliberate in how they communicate when
others might see what they say? Imagine that.... So people might be more
deliberate in following our participation guidelines too.


>
> As Yvan pointed out as well there is a notion of PII to consider.  In
> addition to the usernames and messages themselves, logging will track
> the IDENT username and hostname and timestamps of when a user signs on
> and off the channel.
>

Of any irc logging I have seen over many years quit and join messages have
never been part of any publicly archived logs:
http://logs.glob.uno/?c=mozilla%23developers&s=23%20Jan%202015&e=23%20Jan%202015


>
> I feel like if you strongly want logs for a particular channel there are
> plenty of methods to do this on your own and that having them globally
> captures and then published is not serving the Community at large so much
> as a subset of the Community
>

Again most of the channels are already logged and archived mostly I think a
few people out of our thousands of contributors would be against this
proposal.

http://logs.glob.uno/
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