Discouraging contributors (Was: g++.old-deja/g++.other/anon7.C)

[Richard Kenner]

    Do you really need 100% legal assurance for *everything* you do, even
    when the countermeasure is extremely expensive, the event is very
    unlikely and the damage you may get is insignificant?

No, but we do in a case like this when the countermeasure is trivial, the
risk of something happening (given Microsoft's current stance) is high,
and the potential damage is huge.