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Re: Clarifying Russ's hums

Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com> Wed, 06 November 2013 21:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: Clarifying Russ's hums
From: Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, November 6, 2013, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> It seems to me that all three are perfecly clear as aspirational goals,
> and that they all include some room for interpretation. It's also true that
> some of them may be in immediate conflict with other goals (for example,
> a web proxy that is blind to the content might be rather bad at content
> filtering). But all that will come out in the detailed analysis of each
> issue. Guiding principles really have to skate over many details.
>

Yes but as presented these could be taken as clear policy statements, not
just guiding principles. I thought embarking on clarifying them asap would
be a good idea.

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