On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Daniel Schwen <lists(a)schwen.de> wrote:
Pathoshilds concern is not really valid. 1) per
Mike.lifeguards
comment, 2) we would not have to actively disseminate the code. The
issue is sharing between toolserver users. Potentially harmful tools
like pathoschild's (which seem to bee against TS rules anyways) cannot
be kept from being distributed just through license terms in any case.
Synchbot does not violate the terms of service in any way. It neither
requests nor collects user credentials; users provide temporary access
directly to me, knowing the risks of doing so. The Toolserver is
simply the platform for providing this service, which you can read
about at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Synchbot
. (Account creation is an optional extra service.)
The license indicates what freedoms the author intends for his tools.
It makes no sense to license a tool for redistribution if you don't
want it redistributed. Trust between Toolserver users is irrelevant
here, since home directories are not world-readable.
--
Yours cordially,
Jesse (Pathoschild)