Re: RPSL and DFSG-compliance - choice of venue

[Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>]

Sven Luther writes:

> Well, i think if the question would be if the choice of venue consitutes a
> fee, and thus violate DFSG 1, or is not a fee and thus either needs a new DFSG
> entry, or violate DFSG 5 by discriminating against licence violators far away
> from the chosen venue, then you would have a much less consensual situation
> still.

This last is a fallacious argument.  Choice of venue does not only
discriminate against license violators.  It discriminates against
*all* users outside the chosen venue, in rough proportion to their
distance from it.

Michael Poole