Re: [VOTE] Contributor Guidelines, and Updates to Code of Conduct progress

From:	Rowan Collins	Date:	Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:01:51 +0000
Subject:	Re: [VOTE] Contributor Guidelines, and Updates to Code of Conduct progress
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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. Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]