<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>Am 09.10.2006 um 15:28 schrieb Gerhard Killesreiter:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Monaco">It isn't really about confidential stuff. It is about being able to call a spade a spade without fear for repercussions from unknown people further down the timeline. You probably wouldn't want anybody you talk to in a bar to later publish the conversation on a webpage either.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>That's the point: I consider #drupal a public place because anyone can join. That's a bit like a lecture in a university. Nobody controls who is allowed to join (except for bans); anyone can join.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Posting private conversations between two people is something completely different. Recording telephone calls without informing the person you are talking to is also illegal in Germany. But you can't expect that nobody records when you call at a radio station to comment something.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Konstantin</DIV></BODY></HTML>