[Spec] Spec (un)freezes and the spec's future

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 09:40:42AM +0100,
 Petite Abeille <petite.abeille at gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 91 lines which said:

> > Since one of the goals of Gemini is privacy, I don't think that
> > relying on an US official document is a good idea.
> 
> This is a technical document, not a political pamphlet. Let's keep
> it that way.

When, it comes to logging, there is no such thing as a purely technical
document. Since surveillance is a big issue and a big concern on the
Internet, logging is always very political.

> By the same account, avoid ARPANET and its decedents. A creation of
> the United States Department of Defense.

Completely unrelated. We do not talk about a tool (which may be used
in different ways) but about recommendations from an US agency.

> Let's not be overly childish.

Then, wise grown-up, tell me how to reconcile the US view "personal
data are free to use" with the GDPR view "personal data are like
plutonium, handle with care".