At 08:36 PM 1/6/2002 -0600, Timothy J. Salo wrote:
While Gordon is regularly fairly confused, he sometimes does provide
a few interesting tidbits in his infrequent postings. The information
The basic rule about making rules for these sorts of situations is that
they need to be easy and quick to enforce. In other words, objective and
mechanical.
You appear to want a rule that says acceptability is based on whether there
is consensus that people like the posting. That makes for a rule that is
difficult and slow to enforce.
The existing IETF rule prohibits commercial postings.
Gordon's announcement pertains to a commercial newsletter. If you want the
announcements, sign up for his list, as many others have.
Disliking the other content on the IETF list does not warrant permitting
postings that violate formal acceptable use policies.
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