Re: On Contributing To Emacs

[Po Lu]

Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> In the same way that lawyers don't have formal experience in how free
> software projects work, developers don't have formal experience in how
> the legal system and courts work. It is illogical to try and argue that
> because lawyers don't understand software projects, we should ignore
> their advice on legal matters. We should ignore development/coding
> advice from lawyers and ignore legal advice from developers and coders!

I agree, though on a slight tangent, some lawyers are also pretty good
programmers :)