Re: We need to change how code ownership works.

"Charlie Clark" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.devel
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
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