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Another joke license... somewhat funny, but I dearly hope, no one considers using it for any code. If you think, your code should be thrown away, please don't s

by _ph_ 8y ago

Another joke license... somewhat funny, but I dearly hope, no one considers using it for any code. If you think, your code should be thrown away, please don't spam hosts like Github with it. But if you don't want to throw away your code, and in my experience, most code has a value, then please publish it under one of the well-known licenses. I think it is one of the great features of Github, that on creation of a repository, it offers you to attach one of the well-known licenses to your project. This ensures that your code can be used without creating legal pitfalls and does not get lost.

BFatts 8y ago
Exactly... These licenses only serve to make open source management more difficult. There are plenty of licenses that are already great at making your code open, and that are already accepted across the landscape. Stop making new, stupid licenses. https://www.opensource.org https://www.opensource.org Plenty of good licenses there.
baud147258 8y ago
> [Github] offers you to attach one of the well-known licenses to your project Is this recent? I can't remember being able to do it last time I created a project, which was a few years ago.
- gowld 8y ago
  https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/ https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/
Someone1234 8y ago
> please don't spam hosts like Github with it Huh? A GitHub repository is akin to a personal website. Why shouldn't people put their personal doodles, experiments, and silliness on it?
- _ph_ 8y ago
  If you pay for your web site, feel free to do what like. With places like Github, things become a bit more complex. First of all, I assume you are not paying for those repositories. So I think it is decent to not randomly waste such a free offer. It also makes it more difficult to search for serious projects, if it is full of spam. On the other side, in my experience, there is almost no code, which is so silly that it is useless. Quite the contrary, a lot of my best code pieces started with some sillines. It is sad, if code, which the creator made the effor to upload, is wasted, because of a poor license choices.

by _ph_ 8y ago

BFatts 8y ago

Exactly... These licenses only serve to make open source management more difficult. There are plenty of licenses that are already great at making your code open, and that are already accepted across the landscape. Stop making new, stupid licenses. https://www.opensource.org https://www.opensource.org Plenty of good licenses there.

baud147258 8y ago

> [Github] offers you to attach one of the well-known licenses to your project Is this recent? I can't remember being able to do it last time I created a project, which was a few years ago.

gowld 8y ago
https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/ https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/

Someone1234 8y ago

> please don't spam hosts like Github with it Huh? A GitHub repository is akin to a personal website. Why shouldn't people put their personal doodles, experiments, and silliness on it?

_ph_ 8y ago
If you pay for your web site, feel free to do what like. With places like Github, things become a bit more complex. First of all, I assume you are not paying for those repositories. So I think it is decent to not randomly waste such a free offer. It also makes it more difficult to search for serious projects, if it is full of spam. On the other side, in my experience, there is almost no code, which is so silly that it is useless. Quite the contrary, a lot of my best code pieces started with some sillines. It is sad, if code, which the creator made the effor to upload, is wasted, because of a poor license choices.