Hi Sam, Quoting Sam Hartman (2021-03-28 23:55:42) > >>>>> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> writes: > There were a lot of messages here, and I may have missed some. Sorry for my part of that: I wish I were able to express my opinions more compactly. > When I last paid attention to this, you were concerned about whether > the letter was an attempt at public shaming. > As a personal choice, I reject shaming fairly strongly. > But now somehow the discussion has moved on to whether the accusation > in the letter is necessary and whether Debian risks legal issues by > signing on. To me it is one and the same issue: I do not want to take part in bullying/shaming/libel/throwing mud/making accusations and therefore I don't want Debian to do so either. That it poses a legal risk is for me an indication of the underlying issue for me: That it is wrong to do so. > The legal question is not interesting to me; I think the risk to > Debian is one I'm quite willing to accept. > > But the shaming question is interesting to me (at least under my > fairly narrow definition of shaming). > I'd like to see if I'm understanding your argument. > > Are you saying that by making an unnecessary accusation we would be > shaming? > And so you'd like to understand whether the accusation is necessary to > understand whether we are shaming? Yes to both questions. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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