Quoting Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer at sun.com>: > I agree that if everybody is responsible, then nobody is responsible, > and that can lead to nobody taking action. But I don't think granting > permission is the same as assigning responsibility. I view this more as > empowering people to help.
I see your point now. I understand how you see it. It will certainly works for exciting, new things like coding. It won't for boring things like translating & proofreading, where motivating people (myself included) takes time. > That's an interesting point, so I asked about this at a meeting this > morning. My understanding is that while an SCA would be preferred, > Section 11 of the website Terms Of Use[1] effectively grants Sun a > license to whatever content a user might post. It's a blanket statement, that's probably so wide-ranging that Sun lawyers have no hope to have it upheld in court if it ever comes to that. Those website TOU have less value than the electrons they're printed on. Having a SCA was explicitly required by Sun for non-Sun employees to provide translations for the website. I think they've got more value, because they cover a narrower, well-defined category of contributions. Publishing the translations without the SCA was not allowed. And from the translation I just did of the new registration form, I understand a SCA will be required there too. Laurent -- / Leader de Projet & Communaut? | I'm working, but not speaking for \ G11N http://fr.opensolaris.org | Bull Services http://www.bull.com / FOSUG http://guses.org |
