On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 11:49 -0800, Richard Newman wrote: > > 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. > > Raising the barrier to entry stops people pseudonymously contributing > code they don't own. If you're not even willing to stand behind it > with your own name, and someone sues Rich, he has little recourse. > "Yeah, some dude named Gecko45 contributed this library. I don't know > his real name or where he lives, sorry.". > > I'm sure Rich would be happy to avoid posting a contributor's name if > they didn't want it public. > > Yes, this makes it more difficult for someone to just email a fix for > a small bug. However, I quite understand Rich's reasons for doing it. > I don't think it creates an unreasonably high barrier to entry, and I > don't see why there MUST be an electronic-only way. If people don't > want to submit a CA, they're welcome to put their libraries on GitHub > like everyone else. >
What isn't clear to me is exactly what a piece of paper provides that an electronic form doesn't (aside from inconvenience). I don't see any requirement for notarization, registered mail, etc, so the paper is simply worth a bit less than it was before it was printed on. Any contributor in fear of culpability could resort to simple denial. I am unable to see why someone shouldn't be able to receive a signed PDF via email and achieve a similar level of confidence that the signor was legitimate. Regards, Cliff -- 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
