Hi Craig, On 08/17/2010 09:13 PM, Craig L Russell wrote: > On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Tobias Schlitt wrote: >> On 08/17/2010 08:12 PM, Craig L Russell wrote:
>>> Other projects allow wider access to edit wiki pages. The ones I'm aware >>> of restrict editing to folks who have signed an ICLA. This does two >>> things: >>> >>> 1. It raises the bar for potential wrong-doers (spammers); >>> >>> 2. It allows the project to use the ideas in the wiki without worrying >>> that the contributor didn't intend the wiki comments as a contribution. >>> >>> That said, you can restrict wiki edit privileges however you (the >>> project) want to. I'm just suggesting that you might find it easier to >>> deal with roles than individuals as a restriction tool. >> thanks for your input. I think this is quite valuable. To which degree >> do we need to care about taking over stuff from the wiki into our real >> docs, if a user without iCLA contributed it? >> >> Let me give an example: If a user writes a short example code snippet >> (whatever 3-5 lines) which we would consider valuable to have in the >> real docs, would he need to sign an iCLA? > I wouldn't worry too much about 3-5 LOC. But it might be easier on all > concerned to err on the side of caution. thats surely the easier and more secure way. However, I doubt that many of our users will have signed an iCLA, so our purpose for the wiki might be lead ad absurdum somehow. Regards, Toby -- Tobias Schlitt http://schlitt.info GPG Key: 0xC462BC14 Want to hire me? Need quality assurance? http://qafoo.com eZ Components are Zeta Components now! http://bit.ly/9S7zbn
