On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Anthony
wrote:
> What is it specifically that you want to know? The discussions on this
> mailing list were largely for the benefit of those involved in the
> discussion, not for others to get a summary afterward. Furthermore,
they
> were censored to the point where they
weren't able to get to the heart
of
> the matter, which is a fundamental difference
on the moral issues
> surrounding copyright law, attribution, integrity rights, etc.
>
I am somewhat curious as to the allegation of censorship on this
list. Do forward old e-mails by you that were blocked, to me personally,
if you retain any.
I was not put on moderation, I was warned. Call it censorship via chilling
effects, if you'd like. See below:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Re-licensing
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Please Stop It.
This thread used to be on the "Re-licensing" issue, which is an issue
many people are interested it. Thus, you can't even bring up the usual
"Well, it's off-topic, but everyone can filter it out of their inbox
by a subject-filter" counter-argument, because many people actually
*do* care about the Re-licensing and do not intend at all to filter it
out of their inbox. What has happened, though, is that the thread has
first been hijacked by a discussion about "moral rights" and other
legal and philosophical concepts (which I myself found at least
interesting, if completely off-topic) and now, it has gone down to a
rather pathetic "I have studied philosophy, you have no clue." "I
don't need to have studied philosophy to have a clue." "I have studied
Mathematics and you are a bad philosopher" type of chat, which is an
absolute no-go.
Really, take it offlist. I hope I don't need to enforce this plea
because I'm not actually in the mood to do so.
Michael
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Michael Bimmler
mbimmler(a)gmail.com