Re: We need to change how code ownership works.
"Charlie Clark" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.zope.devel |
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| Organization | Clark Consulting & Research |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Am 20.08.2012, 12:27 Uhr, schrieb Robert Niederreiter <[email protected]>: > There are lots of very famous os projects hostet on github - which - > without any doubt raises the reputation of github itself. ah, the common cold defence: everyone has it so it must be good. > https://github.com/popular/starred > i doubt that github i willing to get into the doghouse by doing really > nasty things - and thus getting into risk of loosing projects. This is pure speculation, or are you privy to board decisions at Github. > lots of you also use gmail, g+ or other stuff, where i have more > concerns about abuse than at github... This irrelevant in the context of ownership and copyright. > even the linux kernel guys seem to prefer the benefits of github. > https://github.com/torvalds/linux Yes, promotional materials would have nothing to do with the commercial nature of the service. Not that I'm against a commercial service provider. > still, all your concerns are reasonable, but the claimed implications > should stay lifelike. I raised a specific objection: that the onus is on anyone with a Github account to demonstrate their code does not violate any patents in the case of a claim feels like a pretty real threat to me. Again, as Jens has repeatedly said we should not conflate the separate items of toolchain and service provider. Zope Foundation has hardware and a proven track record in hosting. Is anyone actually criticising this? Charlie -- Charlie Clark Managing Director Clark Consulting & Research German Office Kronenstr. 27a Düsseldorf D- 40217 Tel: +49-211-600-3657 Mobile: +49-178-782-6226 _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [email protected] https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )