Re: request to ban 'no source' contributions
Brian Broker wrote:
> Now that I've thought about it more, I'd actually like to suggest that
> 'no source' submissions not be allowed to the Eu archives. My feeling
> is that the archives should be a resource for learning. If I submitted
> a program that was described as a replacment for ascii.ex but was a
> 'no source' EXE that actually deleted your HD or was a trojan or virus
> or what-have-you... I mean, does RDS actually review every submission?
I think Rob runs 'em thru various anti-virus programs, but I don't know
how effective that might be against reasonably clever code. I could
imagine writing a program which runs perfectly well and harmlessly
until some future date, then does its dirty work. I don't see how
Rob would be able to catch that.
So maybe the notation which is already on those "no-source" submissions
should be a link to a disclaimer page which gives reasons why running
no-source code might be dangerous, plus all the reasons why submitting
source is a *good idea*.
Irv
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