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> I guess I view it as speaking in public. 100% this. IRC chat has no right to privacy as far as I'm concerned. If anyone can join without an explicit invite t
by developer2 6y ago
> I guess I view it as speaking in public.
100% this. IRC chat has no right to privacy as far as I'm concerned. If anyone can join without an explicit invite that has an expectation of privacy, those rights don't exist.
- Geeflow 6y agoI would see it more like a conversation in a public place / at a convention. Sure, anyone can join the conversation and listen in. I would still be unpleasantly surprised if someone posted a recording on a website.
- jakeogh 6y agoMost IRC clients are logging the conversation by default, and everyone knows it. Even if they werent; you're speaking in public.
- ptx 6y agoBut there's a difference between recording and publishing. We know that everyone is recording, but publishing the logs isn't as common and can be surprising.
- jakeogh 6y agoIt's speaking in public. Common or surprising isn't legally relevent. And since it's the internet; it can't be. It's one reason why sovergn groups of humans are so fantastic.
- account42 6y agoNot legally relevant doesn't mean not relevant. And freenode does have a clear policy on public logging, requiring you to disclose that you are logging beforehand or get permission before publishing. [0] [0] https://freenode.net/policies#public-logging https://freenode.net/policies#public-logging
- na85 6y agoLots of things that are legal (or legally irrelevant) are not socially acceptable.