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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Signing off.Re: Signing off.
From: Neon John <jgd_at_johngsbbq.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:49:32 -0500 On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:21:10 -0500, bk <mutualaid_at_gmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 00:03 +0000, gl wrote: >> Bjorn, what about the point that Rockbox is most likely 'real software, >> written by real people with many fake names'? If you cannot enforce the >> accuracy of a given name, then why try? > >It's a form of social trust (or "due diligence", if you like legal >terms). Wrong. Due diligence is a term of art that means doing everything a "reasonable man", another term of art, would have done to have avoided the problem. In this case, due diligence would mean that someone from the team would have done everything a reasonable man would have done to validate the name AND verify that no infringing code entered the project. Since due diligence is defined as whatever a judge wants it to be, most people who actually DO due diligence in the real world go overboard. If someone can reasonably ask "why didn't you do this?" then "this" usually gets done as part of due diligence. The current policy is exactly the opposite of due diligence. Now it's "Oh Hi, I'm Freddie Infringer. Here's some kewl new features for RockBox". "Oh hey, thanks, Freddie. We like it and will include it." As long as the email goes through the name is accepted as legit with no investigation at all. >Let's try another one: "If you can't guarantee that all contributed code >is 100% patent-free and not plagiarized, why bother trying?" At some >point you have to trust that contributors will not do things they >shouldn't. Well, it's for sure that any version of RockBox that uses a software CODEC is infringing the MP3 patent but that's another thread. No one can guarantee anything like that which is why the reasonable man concept exists in law. But I repeat, this is all an irrelevant tempest in a teapot since the ONLY thing the maintainers will ever have to do in the even there is infringement is remove the infringing code. Period. I don't expect them to change their positions because now pride is involved. What I do hope happens is that future contributors want to remain anonymous will simply use fake names and be done with it. John --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.johngsbbq.com Cleveland, Occupied TN A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.-Ralph Waldo EmersonReceived on 2006-03-10 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |