"That places the obligation on the wrong party." It's not a legal issue. It's just functionality.
Arguing on other turf (FTP, or checksum algorithms, etc) is to totally ignore the issue. But really, you're arguing on the basis of principle that I agree with in principle, but in real life an engineer weighs the issues and can set ANY principle aside. Yes my decision will violate your assumptions in a hypothetical scenario. I guess. That's what I did here, I set a principle aside, because there is zero, or really, negative, value in inloading a character that crashes the machine. The exception to the rule serves the greater good, such as it is with our little hobby. But I make decisions just like this in work, and it is part of what makes me a good engineer. -- John.
