On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 08:32:59AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Here is a diff from AJ's proposal. I am now formally seeking > seconds for this modified proposal, which has explicit guidelines for > the most common case for not wantng the posts to be published. > Seconded. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian will > seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing significance > made to the Debian Private Mailing List. > > This process will be undertaken under the following constraints: > > * The Debian Project Leader will delegate one or more volunteers > to form the "debian-private declassification team". > > * The team will automatically declassify and publish posts made to > that list that are three or more years old, with the following > exceptions: > > - the author and other individuals quoted in messages being reviewed > will be contacted, and allowed between four and eight weeks > to comment; > > - posts that reveal financial information about individuals or > organisations other than Debian, will have that information > removed; > > - - requests by the author of a post for that post not to be published > - will be honoured; > + - If the author makes a resonable case that some material is > + sensitive, then that material is redacted from that post and any > + other post where it has been quoted > + > + - If the author indicates he does not wish to be associated with a > + post, any identifying information is redacted from that post, > + and any quotes in subsequent posts, but the rest of the material > + is published. > > - posts of no historical or other relevance, such as vacation > - announcements, or posts that have no content after personal > + announcements, or posts that have no content after > information is removed, will not be published, unless the author > requests they be published; > > - comments by others who would be affected by the publication of > the post will also be taken into account by the declassification > team; > > - the list of posts to be declassified will be made available to > developers two weeks before publication, so that the decisions > of the team may be overruled by the developer body by General > Resolution, if necessary -- in the event such a resolution is > introduced (ie, proposed and sponsored), the declassification > and publication of messages specified by the resolution will be > deferred until the resolution has been voted on. > --- > Neil -- __ .` `. neilm@debian.org | Application Manager : :' ! ---------------- | Secure-Testing Team member '. `- gpg: B345BDD3 | Webapps Team member `- Please don't cc, I'm subscribed to the list
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