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Re:Actix project postmortem by geofft on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:57PM (#22080998)
The social contract is generally not written down anywhere. Here's what we're all on about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

I consent to let other people make demands of my OSS because I wish to make demands of their OSS because together we can build a better world than either of us could on our own - because I am consenting to be part of a community. I have security-sensitive Rust code on GitHub. I'm careful about unsafe, and I welcome people filing bugs, because I want the entire ecosystem to be good about unsafe, and so I need to do my part in that.

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Re:Actix project postmortem by LoSboccacc on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:57AM (#22082642)
good thing the license file cover implicit guarantees then, because this is just bullies making up bullshit for justify their pressuring people into complying with their wishes.
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Re:Actix project postmortem by geofft on Saturday January 18, 2020 @11:06AM (#22085124)
The social contract is not enforced in the courts.
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