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From:
Zefram via perl5-porters
Date:
March 24, 2023 18:42
Subject:
Re: bug report format
Message ID:
ZB3vFTajLe8IaJe3@fysh.org
Ricardo Signes wrote:
>I am curious as to whether you find the current GitHub terms of
>service unacceptable for use as a contributor of patches or bug reports.
I looked fairly recently, and they still are unacceptable to me for
any purpose. The advance notice they'll give of some changes to terms
isn't nearly enough. They're still clear that one is in general bound to
changes without notice. I don't know what kind of changes would count
as "material", but it's obviously not every change that would have some
legal effect.
The form of notice is also (still) poor: "notice on our Website" isn't
even giving a defined location that one could automatically check.
To make use of that 30 days notice one would largely be dependent on
there being someone in the community who notices and makes a public fuss
about anything troublesome. I'm not confident that such a fuss would
arise about any proposed change to which I would object.
I find the current indemnity clause difficult to interpret. I'm not
clear on how much exposure one would face from it. It might be better
than the one I reviewed in 2011, but it also might not. If this were
the only issue preventing me joining GitHub then I might commission a
lawyer's opinion on it, but as things stand that's moot.
-zefram
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