gEDA-dev: Clarity or Sanity?

[John Doty]

On Jun 11, 2007, at 8:10 AM, John Griessen wrote:

>
> As far as including scheme code to execute and worry about "danger"  
> of doing that --
> go right ahead. Just live with the danger, and create some other  
> HID based
> user interface for irresponsible users to play with safely.

The problem isn't "irresponsible users". It's *malicious* publishers  
of symbols. When data has hooks to allow arbitrary code execution,  
you're giving virus/trojan creators a free ride. We want to promote  
free exchange of symbols, no? The possibility of an infected symbol  
would be a real impediment here.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd at noqsi.com