Andrew Suffield wrote:
It's more complicated than that. I think what you are talking about is the fact that a common carrier is not responsible for the content that it carries. However, if you edit the content you aren't acting as a common carrier and then you become responsible for it. Some internet providers attempt to act as common carriers, but depending on the context courts have ruled that they are not.Also, in much of the civilised world, once you start doing this you suddenly acquire a legal responsibility to do it *right*, which you wouldn't have had if you hadn't tried to do it.
I don't think we have the slightest chance of proving to any court that Debian is a common carrier, given the several inches of policy manual that specify the nature of the content, etc.
Thanks Bruce