[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #11750: The Windows API functions scattered in the _subprocess and (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Apr 19 18:55:45 CEST 2012

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang at gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:51, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

and I'm not sure we'd like to accept code from convicted fellons (though I'd consider that a gray area). This makes me curious... why would that be a problem at all (assuming the felony is not related to the computing field)?

Because the person might not be trustworthy, period. Or it might reflect badly upon Python's reputation. But yes, I could also see cases where we'd chose to trust the person anyway. This is why I said it's a gray area -- it can only be determined on a case-by-case basis. The most likely case might actually be someone like Aaron Swartz.

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