This is a worthy initiative because academics really are shy about releasing crap code, and yet access to other people's code can be critical in understanding w

This is a worthy initiative because academics really are shy about releasing crap code, and yet access to other people's code can be critical in understanding why their results differ from yours. It can save a lot of headache. But it's also a demonstration of two ancient adages: 1) Developers should not name projects for the same reason marketing people should not write code 2) Legally binding instruments should be written by people with legal training. It doesn't have to be lawyers, but people who at least know enough that "By reading this sentence you have agreed to donate your body to science" or similar is not going to fly.