Call Public Blockchain Developers What They Are: Open Source Coders Not Fiduciaries
Angela Walch, Associate Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law, has written a thought provoking editorial where she argues that developers are in a position of trust, therefore, they must be burdened with responsibilities – including, perhaps, outright licensing requirements to ensure a certain standard. Although the professor has many good points, the open source system is designed in such a way as to adequately minimize any negligence or oversight to a point where one can say that users do not need to trust any one developer, but all developers which can include anyone who can....
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