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Re: Sexist Behaviour in Debian Women



* Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> [2004:12:16 07:33 +0100]: 
> Quoting Erinn Clark (erinnc@bellsouth.net):
> > * Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> [2004:12:15 00:37 -0800]: 
> > <snip IRC quotes>
> > 
> > Tsk, bad form. Quoting from the IRC channel is a major no-no.
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with you on that point. This channel is a public
> channel so I do not see any privacy break when Steve quotes from it.
> 
> One can only argue that the quoting may be biased because it is a
> partial quoting which does not render the general context, but I donot
> see any problem with someone quoting me from a public place I wrote
> in.

I suppose all it says in the FAQ is:
  - NO PUBLIC LOGGING
...which is a bit ambiguous, so ok. 

But I do have an issue with people being quoted from IRC without
permission, since it is *not* publicly logged. 

-- 
off the chain like a rebellious guanine nucleotide

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