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The license means that even if SO changes its policy and puts up a paywall, a clone can come up, use the knowledge already present on SO that was scraped. This
by roblabla 11y ago
The license means that even if SO changes its policy and puts up a paywall, a clone can come up, use the knowledge already present on SO that was scraped.
This means that even if SO puts a paywall, the knowledge gathered there is not lost. And this, IMO, is a very, VERY important aspect of StackOverflow.
As far as search goes, I didn't even know SO had a search function. I see nothing wrong with letting google handle it. Adding a search engine to your website is hard and takes time.