Re: Archives policy

On 16 apr 2009, at 16.33, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> writes:
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> I would be happy with a policy that says
>>> "The archives are graven on stone tablets.  Don't bother asking."
>>> but if we are willing to editorialize in extreme cases then maybe
>>> the second part needs to be modified.
>
>> I don't think we can refuse if there is anything illegal, defamatory,
>> extremist, pornographic etc.
>
> Why not?  As you point out, there are many copies of our archives,
> so it'd be pretty useless to edit one.  Also, illegal according to
> whose law, or pornographic in whose eyes?  I think saying we'll do
> that is just inviting tin-hat censorship attempts.

Illegal in the united states ATM because that's where the server is.  
We have no choice there.

As for pornographic, extremist or whatever - that's already covered by  
illegal in the cases where we should care.

It's still pointless due to mirrors etc, but ifnit illegal we have no  
choice.

/Magnus