Legal traps in open source

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Hawkins <matt=FZZlsWxfgs407B9jJ53gCodd74u8MsAO at public.gmane.org> writes:

  Matthew> be where they are today if this was not the case.  That's
  Matthew> why I think its important that hardware and software
  Matthew> engineers be treated the same way as civil and other kinds
  Matthew> of engineering.  This would probably involve legislation to
  Matthew> push the point home.  I'd like to be involved in advocating
  Matthew> this to whoever the right people are.

Alright -- let's do that, then.  How many people do you know that
would immediately be excluded from working in the field due to
insufficient qualifications?

Ben