oss-security - Re: CFPs on this list (was: CFP: COLSEC 2009)

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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:54:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CFPs on this list (was: CFP: COLSEC 2009)

----- "Solar Designer" <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
> 
> Do we want to let this kind of messages through to the list?  Maybe as
> long as they're not too frequent?  Or when they're not cross-posted as
> badly as this one was?  Or when they're of specific relevance not only
> to security, but also to Open Source?  I'm afraid that trying to apply
> these criteria would make moderation decisions hard.  Thoughts?
> 
> Should this one have been approved or rejected?  And what if it were not
> the very first one (which it was)?
> 

I'm all for these presuming they stay on the topic of Open Source Security.

We can revisit letting them in if they start getting annoying.

-- 
    JB

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