On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 20:33 +1000, James Purser wrote: > So how would you develop such a system whilst also allowing for the > freedom and low barrier to entry that signifies the Free and Open Source > Software movement?
I expect that when regulation is forced upon us, barriers to entry <i>will be the whole point</i>. Unless we get in first. Will the parallel be: you get malpractice insurance, or you can have your future wages garnished forever if you get sued. Doctors have to pay their malpractice insurance to have their pro-bono work covered. I expect software folks will too. > As a rough and ready idea, could this be something that OSIA could get > involved with? Could OSIA be a partner in such a scheme? Or is it > something that should be tackled by an independent body. I expect that OSIA *is* an independent body, at least as much as ACS is if not more so, in this context. Regards Peter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /\/\* http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ PGP public key ID: 1024D/D0EDB64D fingerprint = AD0A C5DF C426 4F03 5D53 2BDB 18D8 A4E2 D0ED B64D See http://www.keyserver.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time." -- Bertrand Meyer
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