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so wait, you don't even know how the code works? You just grabbed it as is, registered a domain, and hoped for the best?

• prateekdayal 16y ago
  Thats right. Just like people download linux and run it without knowing anything about its internals. Isn't open source great? :)
  • srean 16y ago
    Thats not the same thing, and it is not clear whether it is open either. Arc falls under artistic license and it is not clear at all if its free http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwar... Even if the source was free, the brand need not be and in that case HNI would be plain illegal. Its been mentioned here that Firefox is open source but they own the brand. If hypothetically speaking, you start distributing Firefox with its proxy settings customized for Indian ISPs and call it Firefox-India, the chances are high that you will hear from lawyers.
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  • angrycoder 16y ago
    That explains a lot. Your site is still called Hacker News because you don't even know how to change the name. I assume the only reason the site isn't orange is because that information is stored in a CSS file.