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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Contributor Guidelines, and Updates to Code of
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From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

On 09/02/16 15:01, Rowan Collins wrote:
> Lester Caine wrote on 09/02/2016 14:55:
>> On 09/02/16 14:32, Rowan Collins wrote:
>>> nobody would agree to an "out of court settlement" if there was no court
>>> case to be avoided.
>> That one is probably a bad example. How many cases are settled simply to
>> avoid exorbitant legal costs? Being right has nothing to do with the
>> results, or 'no admission of guilt' when it could help everybody if the
>> facts were established.
> 
> My e-mail originally began with a disclaimer that I wasn't 100% sure of
> the validity of the idea, but I edited it out for brevity.
> 
> Each of the examples I gave could be challenged in their practical
> details, but my point was merely that they at least have some logical
> basis, and are not inherently self-contradictory.

In the context of policing CoC 'infringements' then a threat of some
action should be enough to defuse the situation. There is no need to
'settle out of court', but my point was more one of the feeling these
days that "out of court settlement" is little to do with what is right
and more to do with what costs less without actually solving the
problem. The aim of any 'stick' should be to get at the truth rather
than pressure one party to settle for the others opinion ... with the
right amount of lubrication :( In an open source environment there is
very little lubrication available ...

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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