Re: Symantec Change Posting Criteria (was Re: Administrivia)

[Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>]

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 03:51:42PM -0400, Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr wrote:
| This isn't full-disclosure, the last time I checked. To the best of
| my knowledge, pen-test is a moderated list. Surely the moderator is
| capable of noting the difference between "Your product sukz0rs" and
| "The product proved unable to stand up to traffic above 100Mhz" - and
| of passing the appropriate posting through, whether it has "John Doe"
| or "thunderfallingdown" attached to it as a moniker.

I believe that the more involved list moderation is, the more
liability the company make take on.  If the moderation is spam
filtering, then the company might still be a common carrier.  As soon
as you lose that content neutrality, your moderation becomes active
editing, and you take on new responsibilities.  IANAL.


That said, I wish that Al wouldn't take the view he's taken on obvious
versus non-obvious pseudonyms.

Adam


-- 
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
                                                       -Hume


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