> The problem is that it is an unreasonably high barrier to entry. > There MUST be an electronic-only way (and it must not require a cell > phone, CC#, &c.) if the full potential of this community is to be > unleashed upon clojure-contrib. In particular, there should be a way > to participate pseudonymously for those people that (unlike myself) > value their privacy sufficiently not to want to even post here under > their real names.
Raising the barrier to entry stops people pseudonymously contributing code they don't own. If you're not even willing to stand behind it with your own name, and someone sues Rich, he has little recourse. "Yeah, some dude named Gecko45 contributed this library. I don't know his real name or where he lives, sorry.". I'm sure Rich would be happy to avoid posting a contributor's name if they didn't want it public. Yes, this makes it more difficult for someone to just email a fix for a small bug. However, I quite understand Rich's reasons for doing it. I don't think it creates an unreasonably high barrier to entry, and I don't see why there MUST be an electronic-only way. If people don't want to submit a CA, they're welcome to put their libraries on GitHub like everyone else. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
