Re: Consensual communication (Re: Visible feature: not free to send?)

Graham Klyne <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:45:16 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.mail.ng
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At 01:16 13/02/04 +1100, Brett Watson wrote:
>Proposed general principle: mail-ng should enable, facilitate and make
>efficient all message transfer in which the sender AND recipient wish to
>participate. Conversely, it should prohibit or impede all message transfer in
>which the sender OR recipient do not wish to participate. The system should
>facilitate message transfer on terms which are acceptable to both
>participants, or decline to transfer the message at all if no agreement as to
>terms can be reached.

I like that formulation, as a goal.

#g


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