From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-08-16T04:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyForge project and gem distriubtion

Hal Fulton wrote:

> Francis Hwang wrote:
> 
>> David Ross <drossruby@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>> news:<20040813043743.2642.qmail@web21526.mail.yahoo.com>...
>>
>>> People who download shouldn't have to be cautious as
>>> to look at the code. It should be up to someone else.
>>
>>
>>
>> A remarkable statement, that. Life would be a lot easier if all sorts
>> of things were up to somebody else, but that's not how life works.
>>
>> Why can't programmers be responsible for the stuff they download?
>> Nobody's holding a gun to your head forcing you to install a library
>> as root.
> 
> 
> Thank you, Francis. A quite sensible reply.

Yes.  I might add that, the more someone tells me that I should be happy 
to let someone else look after my best interests, the more suspicious I 
become of them.

So, I'd like to thank Mr. Ross for reminding me that people who 
download must be cautious, and look at the code. It cannot be up to 
someone else.

James