<story><title>Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More)</title><url>http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/02/github/all/1</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>newman314</author><text>Ryan Blair, a technologist with the New York State Senate, thinks it could even give citizens a way to fork the law — proposing their own amendments to elected officials. A tool like GitHub could also make it easier for constituents to track and even voice their opinions on changes to complex legal code. “When you really think about it, a bill is a branch of the law,” he says. “I’m just in love with the idea of a constituent being able to send their state senator a pull request.”&lt;p&gt;-------&lt;p&gt;I find this quote fascinating. This would be fantastic if it actually gained traction. It would democratize the process of actually writing a bill. People could actually vote for/against sections for inclusion.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More)</title><url>http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/02/github/all/1</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>leftnode</author><text>Is it just me or are there a lot of errors in this article? Scott Chabon?&lt;p&gt;I wonder if they intentionally did that so people would fork the article and fix it.</text></comment>