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Re: [Users] viruses on the list

From: John Hardin (jhardin_at_impsec.org)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 15:59:56 CEST


On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 11:13, Sam Sgro wrote:
> Simply put: any filtering that would be done on this list, whether it be
> of viruses, offensive users, spam, etc. would be censorship of some form,
> however noble in motivation. The FreeS/WAN project has a political
> core: that information not be censored based on content.

I agree with your reasoning, and ask: what about censorship based on
*form*.

Why would a "no executable attachments" policy be considered censorship?

Why would a 100kb size limit be considered censorship?

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