[OpenID] Wiki notes (Policy development)

[Chris Messina]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:56 PM, SitG Admin <sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com
> wrote:

> This is a first draft and feedback is of course welcomed. I felt that
>> rather than spinning our wheels on this list, we should have something
>> concrete up to discuss.
>>
>
> I was going to write a long list of feedback, but after realizing that some
> of it was just typo-level (grammar, mostly), I decided to just go ahead and
> make those changes directly. The changelog link is here:
>
> http://wiki.openid.net/sdiff.php?first=Mailing%2BList%2BPolicies&second=Mailing%2BList%2BPolicies.2009-11-30-01-57-17
>
>>
>>
Thanks for these edits. I agree with all but one:

I don't think we need to call out digital signatures under the Attachment
section. I specifically changed that section to discourage attachment
(especially larger files). I believe this covers the case of digital
signatures, and so doesn't need to be called out specifically.



>
> I do want to note, since I don't see a way to readily incorporate anything
> about this into the document (I'm trying to keep these tweaks very minor),
> that the bounce report promise could be abused: I report someone, they get
> unsubscribed, immediately?
>

Re: bounces. This is largely handled by Mailman, I believe — people don't
individually report others.

Also, there is no notification because, of course, their email is sending
bounces, suggesting that the account has been abandoned or disabled.

I'm actually not 100% sure what the current setting on the list is, but this
policy is more to do with administration than censorship.


>
> I did make one change that I consider major: the section on "unsubscribed
> with extreme prejudice. Not to mention haste." ...  I switched to "justice".
> If anyone has an idea for better words here than "justice" (it's fine for
> what it *should be*, but something less subjective would be nice.)
>

I think "justice" is overselling what people should expect on this list.
We're not talking about a civil court system — it's just a mailing list. I
hope that we can expect adult behavior on this list for the most part — and
if you're going to be a jerk, you can expect to be banned or expelled. I
know of few other lists that wouldn't dispatch similar consequences to such
behavior — that have survived.

Thanks for your edits.

Chris

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