From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B05F5138334 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55C39E0923; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:38:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pf0-f178.google.com (mail-pf0-f178.google.com [209.85.192.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15769E08DB for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:38:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf0-f178.google.com with SMTP id s21-v6so1668308pfm.6 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:38:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=cGfs03zegsLCZ41jRm+Yqzew8H6rpfEh3EiTMNxJCEI=; b=b+HkYgycuxYd6MF4VK/Z+6kXzRPqzkL7OFFF30d3FrIdgA+vMR66Se5KPODhjRkPtM yqmTpZYgbQIgF+VF/TBRzIm0ZPFhpZQTMkQ89oTu8XIY0RzlrupQMh/OxuJMlxMUZUtM bQOuO0Z+oXwccefzeEtzOyZDW9Ecfw9e7P/IkPo2wheAFtSkT8b3CoDRwRqEgdxtXQwt V+qgO6u98x4P0ggN/6DEO5jJoE+zM1kbfD4aHgJObH1XgMW5ehdX6Tue39UJ4FERpsrr yfpzJg23pYlA5O2TOJCB5U+LKULAmO05AI54+B5/eJ8G2g2bpgPV9F9kB6LDXYll/NRv hYUQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E03or1wTEp4Z7vPjQczyhPvmn3JC3l93D9VdfvpFvXNMItBo9+a gbajAvBVie5IhPZzUQYs3fAlLMgiTR0WHG6L3Jc0EQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJm0ZO9SKPCwBAb+ksQ2k8pQGb4mDmtuuQwOXc/afOiBNfUiH1RF6L99xwTB6rLWp5VZ19eQ1aDRIJzlIKT1so= X-Received: by 2002:a65:6612:: with SMTP id w18-v6mr11271347pgv.38.1529948291454; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <23310.46809.293787.611345@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <23317.12829.91552.529904@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180625013334.GA28404@kroah.com> <23344.37042.753481.563752@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180625070525.GA6151@kroah.com> <23344.40875.105369.227774@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180625110540.GB3058@kroah.com> <23344.65054.620110.958503@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <0a9228f1-338e-06a3-f3f4-6b27eea71408@iee.org> <23345.7747.959827.646836@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <1eaaf964-1483-40a6-3732-8a30b8e08943@iee.org> In-Reply-To: <1eaaf964-1483-40a6-3732-8a30b8e08943@iee.org> From: Rich Freeman Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:37:59 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-core] Re: Poll: Would you sign a Contributer License Agreement? To: gentoo-project Cc: Ulrich Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 71f5a97a-eaaf-4f3e-bb72-999eff654bcf X-Archives-Hash: 7a27ca93d27cfce2c4ae94ae0bac1176 On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:10 PM M. J. Everitt wrote: > > I have no problem with people > talking with authority (IANAL excepting), but if anyone is actively OR > passively refusing to disclose their sources, is it really unreasonable > to ask someone to justify their arguments? Well, you should have a problem with people talking with authority if they aren't justifying their arguments, whether they disclose sources or otherwise. Certainly they can cite arguments made elsewhere without repeating them, but titles don't convey rightness. Besides, if we required formal certifications to contribute to Gentoo, I bet half our developers would be disqualified. We probably have as many physics majors as CS majors on the rolls from my observations. As far as I'm aware nobody on this list is a lawyer, and we have varying levels of professional and informal involvement in legal/business/compliance activities (serving on boards, dealing with contracts, working in regulatory/compliance, etc). So, take everything with a grain of salt. -- Rich