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I woke up an Silicon Valley has really become an Evil place. What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil
by justinzollars 9y ago
I woke up an Silicon Valley has really become an Evil place. What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil"?
We really need to change.
- dictum 9y agoIt all started when Google banned all software that can not be used for Evil: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
- halflings 9y agoPeople keep bringing this link up every time, but obscure the actual reason that was done: it puts the developers depending on the library in legal jeopardy. Licenses like "Do Whatever The Fuck You Want To" [0] are in the same boat. Redhat also stopped including JSMin for the same reason. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455507 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455507
- dictum 9y agoThanks, but my comment was entirely in jest.
- 659087 9y ago> What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil"? The kool-aid wore off and everyone realized it never had any meaning to begin with.
- quickthrower2 9y ago"Don't be evil" - a command not a mantra.