[Development] PSA: Qt Project IRC logs & statistics

[André Pönitz]

On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 03:27:06PM +0200, Mitch Curtis wrote:
> On 05/02/2013 12:45 PM, Knoll Lars wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've received some concerns about privacy regarding the IRC logs. The
> > main concern was about join/leave messages showing exact times as well
> > as IP addresses of the people joining and leaving. In addition, some
> > people feel uncomfortable that whatever they say on IRC basically stays
> > around forever.
> >
> > I understand these concerns and I think it's a good idea if we discuss
> > this here, and hopefully come to a common policy about this for
> > qt-project.org.
> >
> > Thanks, Lars
> >
> 
> Can't anyone collect this information with their own IRC client though?

The question is not whether it is technically possible for some individual
to collect and retain personal data of Qt users by logging IRC traffic but
whether the Qt Project officially endorses or, worse, actively participates
in such practices.

>From my point of view the only possible answer is clearly "No."

Andre'