[Foundation-l] Note regarding status of privacy policy

Sun Aug 10 10:18:50 UTC 2008

Hoi,
You are using terminology that makes what you say absolutely not the same.
It is explicitly said that a person with check user rights has these rights
as a member of a community. You express that this same person is part of the
Foundation. This is not what gives him the ability to wield the specialised
tools to gain private information. So I disagree we say the same thing; you
are overly broad and wrong as a consequence.

Now you may have meant to say this, and in your later reply there are
indications that you do, but the opposite was obvious to me and consequently
my reaction. I think we agree that check user is a right given by a
community, not the Foundation.
Thanks,
      GerardM

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > It has been said and confirmed, that people who have the bits to check
> user
> > on a project, are beholden to the rules of that community. There is no
> > formal or other connection to the foundation or the organisation. It is
> > really nice that you consider this fact fud but that does not make it so.
> >
> > Please read back on this thread to find the relevant bits.
> > Thanks,
> >         GerardM
> >
> >
>
> You are just restating what I myself said, and purporting to
> disagree with me. That just doesn't make sense.
>
> Doing as the customs of the community are, is the strongest
> possible connection I can imagine. Legal shackles are only
> necessary if there is an expectation that that connection can
> be broken.
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
>
>
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