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Exactly, isn't that what opensource is meant for?
by ivanceras 7y ago
Exactly, isn't that what opensource is meant for?
- rapsey 7y agoI think most would disagree opensource being meant as a dumping ground.
- ivanceras 7y agoSo, would you rather have me hoard this into my local workspace until forgotten? Or release it in the open since I will be working on a project that actually pays money. At least if somebody will be building something similar he/she can look up at this code and maybe make a derivative out of it.
- lhnz 7y agoI do this, too, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. As you said, the commons gains from experimentation. The next person often builds on top of what came before.
- rapsey 7y agoOpen sourcing is fine. But now you’re on top of hacker news and judgement is what results
- erikpukinskis 7y agoSo your judgement doesn’t really make sense, but that’s ok because HN is judgmental?
- hombre_fatal 7y agoI agree that dumping a project in the hopes that someone else will swoop in to do the hard part is a pipe dream. OP is going to find out quickly that it just doesn't happen. But you lost me here. I don't see how most developers would think there's some issue with dumping code on Github. For example, I could recommend some avenues for finding useful software that aren't trawling through random Github projects, if that's the problem. If Github had 100x more dead projects, it really shouldn't affect anyone.
- rapsey 7y agoI did not say it is an issue. Saying it is “the point of open source” is completely misguided.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoAh, I misinterpreted your response to them as a stand-alone point.