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If HN asked you to discontinue it, shouldn't others avoid doing it also?
by eriknstr 9y ago
If HN asked you to discontinue it, shouldn't others avoid doing it also?
- franciscop 9y agoIANAL. IMHO That is up to each individual's decision. I actually asked them and they said they really don't want other people to embed comments on their website. BUT a case could be made about fair use, embedabble content and the fact that there is no effective terms and conditions on HN, just a FAQ (so I think they don't have the exclusive copyright of the comments). Plus the whole YCombinator ethos of asking for forgiveness instead of permission. So I am discontinuing it just because HN is awesome and they asked nicely. But other people might consider things differently.
- rafark 9y agoBut I guess he meant morally, rather than technically.
- franciscop 9y agoAnd who am I to judge the morality of other people in different cultures? What is legal and moral in a country is totally dependent on the culture and many times it has little to do with legality.