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Is the open source culture hurting new developers?

• fabrixxm 10y ago
  open source isn't about using third party code. It's about the ability to read and learn from third party code. So, no. :-)
  • swanros 10y ago
    Tell that to them. That's my point! Why I didn't mention StackOverflow, for instance?
    • Piskvorrr 10y ago
      Well, why? It's been overrun by the very same help vampires.
• Piskvorrr 10y ago
  How is "here, install this module" different from "here, copy and paste this code"? (And where exactly does licensing come into that?)
  • swanros 10y ago
    That's the point. With "here, copy and paste this code" at least you (can) read what you're pasting into your project. Most of people learning just "install this module" without actually caring about what's inside or any implementation details. Licencing is a whole other beast worth of another post.
    • Piskvorrr 10y ago
      Oh, I can. So can you. But I assure you, the people you are referring to, those would come right back, requesting letter-by-letter guidance of integrating the code/package into "their" product. Been on SO, seen that, got the t-shirt.