While I agree with the concern, and that (and much much more) is definitely going to need to be addressed, I feel that generating some momentum and fostering the spirit of the idea can be far more productive for now?
:-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Jardine Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:00 PM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] hacker spaces I like the idea but I think we'd need to define what kind of liability we expose ourselves to. Specifically - if some id10t decides to try to hack mega-bank from the facility - can we get hung out to dry on some kind of "enabling" law? The U.S. and U.K. have gone down this route with predictable results: guilt by association. Something to think about. On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 15:11 -0600, Shawn wrote: > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 13:14:09 Gustin Johnson wrote: > > One possible solution was to tie the hacker space to a commercial > > entity, such as a coffee shop. You would have most of the > > infrastructure in place anyway (Internet access, physical space for > > people to sit etc.) which would be overhead costs for the business. > > This is not without its own set of challenges but I have seen examples > > of this very model in other countries. > > Only issue I see here is that the "hacker spaces" seems to imply physical > hacking as well. Meaning tools. So a coffee shop may not be the best bet. > > Maybe a local business with a shop might be interested in sponsoring this sort > of thing? Easy/free marketing, and the insurance issues would probably > already be taken care off. > > Just a thought. > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cistra MailScanner and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
