Re: the right to rewrite history to rectify the past (was Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive)

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

Hello all.  I object to this argument:

MSavoritias <email@msavoritias.me> writes:
> We are talking about social rules that we have here in the Guix
> community not legal/state rules.

No, legal rules come from deliberation of social arguments.

CoC-wise, it seems to me that SWH was unfriendly and this is important
to Guix.

But SWH’s legal arguments are also social arguments and cannot be
dismissed.  I do not know if SWH really is an archive in the sense of
the law, but certainly we are facing a trade-off.

It would be nice if Guix could handle harmless deletion or
rectifications.  Whether that is possible shapes laws.  I believe it is
possible, but “show me how” is a valid response.

Regards,
Florian