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Originally Posted by Sothh
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The thought: Because this is possible, I believe the forum should strongly encouraged that Kindlets be released with their source. Otherwise, it would not take very much malicious code to really screw up someone's Kindle.
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Originally Posted by aditya3098
All devs here release their source. We're not amazon.
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Oh, but we do
strongly encourage.
We use something here called: "Peer Pressure". Not a "policy" or "practice" enforced by the site operators.
Which is why you will not find it written in the "Guidelines" page link.
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Originally Posted by ixtab
The "trust" issue is the same everywhere. If you don't trust someone, don't install his/her programs
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Example:
But I was just surfing the web and found this XYZWX posted here -
Should I trust the posting?
Answer:
Read the thread.
Posted without sources will generate a large number of comment posts requesting that the source be released.
Then, like anywhere else, make up your own mind.
Our history here shows that it (peer pressure) works quite well.
A bit slowly in a very few cases (authors wanted time to "clean up" their code first), but it works.
PS: Three of our most technically knowledgeable developers here are also forum moderators.
But I don't recall anyone's contribution that required it to be moderated into the bit bucket.
(Other than the special case of copyright violations.)