Re: [Bug-gne]External Servers and Illegal/Extreme Content

[Imran Ghory]

On 17 Feb 2001, at 3:16, Bob Dodd wrote:

> I can understand why posting illegal/exteme content out onto non-GNU
> servers seems like a neat solution to the problem but...
> 
> (1) If the server is _not_ a GNE server, then we break our own rules
> about external links.

It is a GNE server, just not run by the GNU/FSF.
 
> (2) If we do offer up external links to sources of illegal material,
> then we could ourselves be acting illegally. Especially since we know
> why we are offering the link.

Linking to illegal content could just mean that that the linking article 
has to be on a third party server itself. 

> (3) If the external server _is_ a GNE server (but not a GNU one) then
> we could still stand accused of hosting extremist propoganda. Whilst it
> wouldn't be on GNU hardware, it is still a GNU project, and RMS may be
> seriously unhappy for the FSF to become involved in such hosting.

Do the Apache group get blamed for such material, do ISC get 
blamed for such material ?

The software would be GNU controled by but the individual servers 
won't be, after all as RMS said on the annoucement, we need a 
distributed system to stop one group gaining overall control of the 
project. No one should be able to have singular control in the long 
term and that includes the FSF.

Imran