Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 10:48:23PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > >>On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 03:27:26PM -0400, Michael Poole wrote: >> >>>Sven Luther writes: >>> >>>>Each time i make a new upload, a notice of the upload is sent to the US >>>>security agencies, at least this is how i understood it. This include my >>>>changelog entry, my name and email, my GPG key, and the time at which i make >>>>this upload. >>> >>>In other words, they are effectively subscribed to the >>>debian-*-changes mailing lists? I still don't see how >>>that is any kind of privacy concern like you claimed. >> >>I am against it in principle. Having them subscribe to the debian-*-changes >>mailing list is an active effort of their part, while we willingly push data >>to them. > > So you're now not OK with the QPL's requirement that we push data to the > initial developer of a QPL'd work, I take it, since you're against Debian > pushing data to the US government? Technically, the QPL just requires you to provide changes on request, not push them to the original developer. That doesn't make it any less non-free, but the two situations you mentioned are distinct. - Josh Triplett
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