On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 05:46:35PM +0200, Mario Mommer wrote:
As an alternative, I'd suggest that for every request someone has to play devil's advocate and say why it should NOT be accepted. Then the others can either say "geez, don't be silly" or "hmm. there's a point there".
Well, I don't know. If there is nothing to be said, then nothing should be said, IMO.
I'd say that there is *always* something to say. ;) Being nasty just takes some effort. But point taken.
How do the sourceforge/savannah people do this?
As far as I can tell (including personal experience with Savannah) they mostly check that the license is valid considering the dependencies, and that the project description seems like the a person making the application actually know what they are doing.
Also, my impression is that Savannah assigns someone to vet each request -- and that the criteria vary from people to people.
Furthermore, I suppose we should have a terms of service somewhere that says that if they don't play nice we will kick them all the way to FORTRAN-land.
Again, how do sf/savannah do this? I bet you have to sign electronically some contract with them, absolving them from any responsability etc.
If by electronically signing you mean "by submitting this form you agree to ..." or equivalent, yes.
Propos legal advice is something I don't think we either need or can afford. However, something along the lines of
Common-lisp.net is run and funded by volunteers, as they see fit.
If people runnign of Common-lisp.net see fit to delete you project and replace it with mp3's of heavy metal played backwards you have probably earned it.
If people runnign Common-lisp.net spill coffee on their keyboard and cause a short circuit that emties all your back account, it's solely your own fault due to associating with a computer language not made for human consumption.
Moreover:
By using the hosting services ("service") of Common-lisp.net you agree that the service is provided "as is",
... insert few clauses from any terms of service lying around the net ...
But then, again, I live in a country that has an actual legal system as opposed to the bizarre inventions used in some coutries. ;)
Cheers,
-- Nikodemus