Jim Henderson wrote:
I think what Henne is trying to say is that there's a point at which you reach diminishing returns when it comes to eliminating risk.
You (or someone) say that it's 99.9% risk-free, so now you're trying to address the 0.1% risk that you perceive as remaining.
But there comes a point where it doesn't really make sense to continue trying to reduce the risk because the effort to do so takes increasingly more and more time to effect any difference.
If we just need to focus whether we can be sued or not, I agree with you. However, if we focus whether we are really compliant or not, we need to be more deliberate. One of the OWN-ja team members told me his concern: if we, as a part of openSUSE project, are not compliant, we may destroy the credibility of the project itself. We need to avoid the risk. I found his concern is reasonable. Just imagine the case: You are now driving a car and going to go through a cross walk. The stoplight has turned red. But as far as you can see, no one is going to cross at the cross walk. ... What will you do, if your car is Geeko-painted so that everyone can realize that the car is owned by openSUSE? You may rarely cause a fatal accident even if you drive through a red light in such a case. But imagine how people would feel if they watch you ignore a red light. I have to admit, we can't be 100% compliant in our real lives. To be honest, I would sometimes ignore a red light in such a case, IF I DRIVE MY OWN CAR, because I'm exactly the one who have to take personal responsibility in such a case. But I shouldn't, IF I DRIVE A GEEKO-PAINTED CAR. Having a lot of fun is very very important. I definately agree. But at the same time, being as compliant as possible is also important. If our work is not fun, how can I call for others to be engaged in contributing? However, if our work is not compliant, how can I call for others to be engaged in contributing? What we OWN-ja team are now seeking is, the efficient way for providing worthful and interesting information to readers, and at the same time for being as compliant as possible so that (potential) contributors can help us without any concern (or, at least, so that they can help us with confidence). Please do not forget, what I'm asking you in this thread is, to help us find out the better way both for meeting readers request and being as compliant as possible. Do you really think this effort is worthless and 'What you do currently is keeping you from reaching this goal'? In addition, if we have to tell the persons who are willing to help us 'you have to assume the risks, because openSUSE has no overall responsible persons to help you', do you think they will be motivated? If I can't tell them 'do whatever you want and have a lot of fun. As long as you respect and support the Guiding Principles and act in a sensible manner, openSUSE community will always stand by you!', I can no longer ask others to join our community. Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/opensuse/ _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org