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Re: Obliterate and auditability

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:46:50 +0200

Karl Fogel wrote:
> Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> writes:
>
>> Possibly ... but I'd really like to see a rock-solid argument for the
>> case where we'd want all traces of obliteration ... er,
>> obliterated. The whole idea smells wrong; after all, this is a version
>> control system, not a document shredding system.
>>
>
> It's the legal case, I think.
>
> "No, Your Honor, we never made such a change on the date in question."
> "Oh, then why does your history have an empty revision on that date?"
>

And that's exactly what Dan Berlin said we shouldn't do, at the summit.
There was some talk about triple damages and suchlike. I don't think we
should be in the business of helping people break the law, eh? We might
even be held liable because of posts like this one.

-- Brane

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