----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: [OT] speech issues on this list
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Nick Wilson wrote: > >> > >> I see that you are an employee of Redhat. I'd be > >> careful of such comments if I were you; you wouldn't > >> want something on Slashdot or Linuxtoday with the > >> topic of "Redhat censors their mailing lists" or > >> "Redhat doesn't like when you talk about other > >> distributions on their mailing list", would you? > > > >Ha ha, yeah would really be a blunder and a half. > >Freedom of speach as long as your not slagging off RH! > > > >Classic. > > The term "freedom of speech" as used in the U.S. actually refers to the > fact that Congress cannot make laws that restrict speech. It has nothing > to do with the restrictions that corporations make on the use of their > assets. If Red Hat wants to put retrictions on what whould be said on > mailing lists that run using its network resources, servers, and > personnel, they are perfectly within their rights to do so. Agreed. In addition, freedom of speech applies primarily to political speech, which was named to ensure that criticism of the government was protected. It doesn't automatically exclude other forms, but it doesn't automatically protect them either. It does automatically protect political speech in public arenas. In addition, the right to speak doesn't carry with it the right to an audience. Anyone is welcome to say what they wish (excepting if it offends the political correctness crowd). It's up to them to find someone to speak it to. Redhat is within their rights to pull the plug on it. > That said, I don't think the thread was off topic, although it has the > potential to drift off. Besides, even though Red Hat employees frequent > this list, I would not be so quick to grant their comments the status of > official Red Hat opinions unless the message excplicitly says so. True, but I also agree that it would make news, and not very flattering news at that. It's wisest to let it go or shut everybody down at a time that it wouldn't be quite so obvious why the action was taken. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
