Legal traps in open source

[Michael Still]

On 30 Oct 2002, Ben Elliston wrote:

> >>>>> "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?

Like everybody I know. I think I know about two engineering graduates who
actually go real technical stuff. Also, real engineers have ongoing
training requirements, and must carry a bizillion dollars in liability
insurance.

Mikal

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Michael Still (mikal at stillhq.com)     UTC +10 hours