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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:10 PM M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> I have no problem with people |
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> talking with authority (IANAL excepting), but if anyone is actively OR |
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> passively refusing to disclose their sources, is it really unreasonable |
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> to ask someone to justify their arguments? |
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Well, you should have a problem with people talking with authority if |
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they aren't justifying their arguments, whether they disclose sources |
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or otherwise. Certainly they can cite arguments made elsewhere |
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without repeating them, but titles don't convey rightness. |
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Besides, if we required formal certifications to contribute to Gentoo, |
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I bet half our developers would be disqualified. We probably have as |
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many physics majors as CS majors on the rolls from my observations. |
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As far as I'm aware nobody on this list is a lawyer, and we have |
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varying levels of professional and informal involvement in |
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legal/business/compliance activities (serving on boards, dealing with |
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contracts, working in regulatory/compliance, etc). So, take |
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everything with a grain of salt. |
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Rich |
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