On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 4 Dez., 05:17, John Harrop <jharrop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The rules on contrib are that the work must be original to the author. > Even > > > with Andrew's disclaimer that it be considered public domain, he would > still > > > need a contributor agreement in place to get this incorporated into > contrib. > > > > Why? > > > > (Having to use paper mail is especially a high hurdle for what is > otherwise > > a purely online activity.) > > Because that are the rules. Circular argument. Those are the rules because those are the rules? That doesn't satisfy me any more than it does my three-year-old. > Eg. in Germany I'm not in Germany. > Rich wants to be sure, that there will not be any legal > issues later on. Understandable, I think. (And a good idea, BTW) The problem is that it is an unreasonably high barrier to entry. There MUST be an electronic-only way (and it must not require a cell phone, CC#, &c.) if the full potential of this community is to be unleashed upon clojure-contrib. In particular, there should be a way to participate pseudonymously for those people that (unlike myself) value their privacy sufficiently not to want to even post here under their real names. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
