- From: Frank Manola <fmanola@mitre.org>
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 21:31:27 -0500
- To: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>
- CC: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>, Graham Klyne <Graham.Klyne@mimesweeper.com>, RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Aaron-- If someone wants to perform this "experiment", I'd suggest we do it in the US, and line up the American Civil Liberties Union ahead of time to help. Freedom of (machine-readable) speech should be our line. --Frank Aaron Swartz wrote: > On 2002-03-23 5:17 AM, "Jan Grant" <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > >>>> It is important to note that RDF language is used to transmit >>>> meaningful information, and thus has the same legal status as >>>> assertions, in say, English would. >>>> >>>I strongly suggest dropping this last paragraph. If there's anything >>>likely to snarl up approval through IETF/IESG/IANA processes, I think this >>>is it. And it's not necessary to make this point for registering the >>>content type. >>> >>I'd agree with Graham here; actually, I'd go further. RDF does _not_ >>have the same legal status as written English assertions until test >>cases say it does. >> > > Test cases, hm. Anyone wanna volunteer to get sued? ;-) > > -- Frank Manola The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road, MS A345 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 mailto:fmanola@mitre.org voice: 781-271-8147 FAX: 781-271-875
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