Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Hello All, What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency and accountability but also to ensure compliance with our participation guidelines? I know some channels have decided to public log on their own starting this year but we do not have an across the board policy. O

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Ehsan Akhgari
On 2015-01-23 3:43 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: Hello All, What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency and accountability but also to ensure compliance with our participation guidelines? I know some channels have decided to public log on their own starting this year

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread fantasai
On 01/23/2015 03:43 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: Hello All, What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency and accountability but also to ensure compliance with our participation guidelines? I know some channels have decided to public log on their own starting this year

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:50 PM, fantasai wrote: > On 01/23/2015 03:43 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency >> and accountability but also to ensure compliance >> with our participation guidelines? I know some

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
Does pervasive surveillance really equate with transparency and accountability these days? On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Hello All, > > What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency > and accountability but also to ensure compliance > w

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
I would certainly not equate logging irc to pervasive surveillance using that rationale we should shut down our public mailing lists, make meetings private and shutdown Air Mozilla On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > Does pervasive surveillance really equate with transparency an

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
There is a distinct difference between how irc channels and public mailing lists are used. For a simple example contrast the personal content/water cooler talk that makes it's way into burnt electrons and whether or not users infuse that degree of interpersonal communication into mailing lists. A

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread L. David Baron
On Friday 2015-01-23 12:43 -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > What does everyone think about logging irc channels I support logging public channels. I think it will make participation easier and help communication, both across time zones and for those new to the project (who can learn what was said

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
And FWIW many people are already logging through their bouncers and clients already... I would bet most channels if not all are logged by individuals already. So all I am asking is if Mozilla should log and make logs available publicly for the benefit of the community. I have scrollback on my boun

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Johnny Stenback
I full expect that the vast majority of our irc channels are already logged, some obviously, others maybe a bit less so. Making the fact that everything that's said on our irc channels is public official and known seems like a good thing to me. On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wr

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Till Schneidereit
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > And FWIW many people are already logging through their bouncers and clients > already... I would bet most channels if not all are logged by individuals > already. So all I am asking is if Mozilla should log and make logs > available publ

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
Not to beat a dead horse here, but again, there is a difference between "This is a public service, that might be logged" and "This is a public service that is logged and published." One is a notice that people might be logging, the other is the explicit, long term collection of data about users, w

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Gavin Sharp
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > While I agree that there might be value, I don't think that value would be > worth the negative feedback from the change in perception that this logging > would trigger. I disagree. I think the benefits are real, and that you're vastly overstat

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
I received a message off list responding to my comments. Rather than duplicating a message intended off-list (ironically referencing the need to avoid private discussions :D), I will summarize the points and address them. 1. irc logging is not collecting the data of users 2. the goal is to archiv

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > Not to beat a dead horse here, but again, there is a difference between > "This is a public service, that might be logged" and "This is a public > service that is logged and published." > > One is a notice that people might be logging, the othe

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > I received a message off list responding to my comments. Rather than > duplicating a message intended off-list (ironically referencing the need to > avoid private discussions :D), I will summarize the points and address them. > > 1. irc loggin

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Ravi Pina
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 04:34:16PM -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Yvan Boily 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

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Gavin Sharp
I should perhaps clarify, though, that I don't really think there's a need for a project-wide policy to enforce that channels must be logged, and that's probably what Yvan is reacting strongly to. Most of the important public IRC channels are already being publicly logged, as mentioned, and where t

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Ravi Pina 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 wrote: > > > > Can I ask if you think mailing lists should be private? > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > I don

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Gavin Sharp wrote: > I should perhaps clarify, though, that I don't really think there's a > need for a project-wide policy to enforce that channels must be > logged, and that's probably what Yvan is reacting strongly to. Most of > the important public IRC channel

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Ravi Pina
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 05:10:07PM -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Ravi Pina 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 wrote: > > > > > > Can I ask if you think mailing lists

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Ravi Pina 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 wrote: >> > >> > Can I ask if you think mailing lists should be pr

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread L. David Baron
On Friday 2015-01-23 17:08 -0800, Gavin Sharp wrote: > I should perhaps clarify, though, that I don't really think there's a > need for a project-wide policy to enforce that channels must be > logged, and that's probably what Yvan is reacting strongly to. Most of > the important public IRC channels

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Erik Rose
I like logging but not so I can point at someone and shout "Gotcha!" Rather, I've set up logging on project-related channels mostly as a source of free documentation, via web search: we'd just stick the text files on a web server and let Google pick them up. The members of the channel loved it.

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Gavin Sharp wrote: > >> I should perhaps clarify, though, that I don't really think there's a >> need for a project-wide policy to enforce that channels must be >> logged, and that's probably what Yva

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread David Ascher
>From a communication systems design point of view (using the psychological definitions and not technical definitions of those words), what's important in these choices is that the privacy expectations of the people using a medium are not violated. If people expect a communication to be private or

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Kyle Huey
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Hello All, > > What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency > and accountability but also to ensure compliance > with our participation guidelines? I know some channels have decided to > public log on their ow

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Benjamin Kerensa > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Gavin Sharp >> wrote: >> >>> I should perhaps clarify, though, that I don't really think there's a >>> need for a project-wide policy t

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Gavin Sharp
You can ask glob to add logbot to it (http://logs.glob.uno/). It can "go away at any time", sure, but that doesn't seem like a big deal in practice. Gavin On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:29 PM, L. David Baron wrote: > On Friday 2015-01-23 17:08 -0800, Gavin Sharp wrote: > > I should perhaps clarify,

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Kyle Huey wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Benjamin Kerensa > wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency >> and accountability but also to ensure compliance >> with our participation guidelines?

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Kyle Huey
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Kyle Huey wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Benjamin Kerensa >> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> What does everyone think about logging irc channels for both transparency >>> and accountab

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Gavin Sharp
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Right and my proposal is to have global policy including which channels > must be exempt due to sensitive discussions (I can think of a handful > myself) and then create a process for starting logging and opting out of > channel logging b

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
No, the scope is clearly stated with "Mozilla’s Data Privacy Principles continue to inform how we build our products and services, manage user data, and select and interact with partners – while shaping our public policy and advocacy work.", from the blog post. IRC logs *are* user data. irc.mozil

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
It can be if we want to achieve the goal of having a central place the project and users and downstream partners can refer back to. Community hosted things are not a guaranteed thing while MoCo hosted infra has a better chance of longevity. On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Gavin Sharp wrote: >

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > No, the scope is clearly stated with "Mozilla’s Data Privacy Principles > continue to inform how we build our products and services, manage user > data, and select and interact with partners – while shaping our public > policy and advocacy work

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread Yvan Boily
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Yvan Boily wrote: > >> No, the scope is clearly stated with "Mozilla’s Data Privacy Principles >> continue to inform how we build our products and services, manage user >> data, and select and interact wi

Re: Logging All Public Project IRC Channels

2015-01-23 Thread L. David Baron
On Friday 2015-01-23 14:14 -0800, L. David Baron wrote: > On Friday 2015-01-23 12:43 -0800, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > > What does everyone think about logging irc channels > > I support logging public channels. I think it will make > participation easier and help communication, both across time z