>>>>> "Laurent" == Laurent Blume <[email protected]> writes:
Mike> But I don't think granting permission is the same as assigning Mike> responsibility. I view this more as empowering people to help. Laurent> I see your point now. I understand how you see it. It will Laurent> certainly works for exciting, new things like coding. It won't Laurent> for boring things like translating & proofreading, where Laurent> motivating people (myself included) takes time. Fair enough. But I didn't mean that granting permissions is all that would be needed. For things that must happen, someone would need to be responsible for making sure that the thing does happen. Mike> My understanding is that while an SCA would be preferred, Section Mike> 11 of the website Terms Of Use effectively grants Sun a license Mike> to whatever content a user might post. Laurent> It's a blanket statement, that's probably so wide-ranging that Laurent> Sun lawyers have no hope to have it upheld in court if it ever Laurent> comes to that. Those website TOU have less value than the Laurent> electrons they're printed on. Laurent> Having a SCA was explicitly required by Sun for non-Sun Laurent> employees to provide translations for the website. I think Laurent> they've got more value, because they cover a narrower, Laurent> well-defined category of contributions. I'd expect the SCA to have more value, simply because it's been signed. You may be right about the site TOU being unenforcible; I don't have any knowledge in that area. But at some point this becomes a risk management decision (i.e., the benefits of moving forward with the new implementation versus the risk of problems cropping up as a result of not having the SCA on file). Since it's Sun that would be taking the risk, I think it's Sun's management that gets to make that decision. Laurent> And from the translation I just did of the new registration Laurent> form, I understand a SCA will be required there too. Hmm. That's news to me. mike _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
