Quoting William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com>om>:
joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu wrote:
This really shouldn't be being discussed on an open list. [...]
We are an open project, so personally I lean toward discussing as much
of this as possible in public. One of the lessons I draw from the
BADSITES fiasco is that public decisions based on secret discussion do
not stick nearly as well as our usual fully open approach.
Is your concern more about a good-faith discussion accidentally giving
someone grounds for action against a participant? About not tipping our
hand in some way? About risking legal action against the Foundation itself?
Yes, yes and yes. In general, once there are serious legal threats in play it
almost never makes sense to discuss them in the open. This is simple
pragmatism. There are many possible risks and not enough gain.