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Thanks for releasing it as free software. https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc

by metachris 16y ago

splish 16y ago
Excited to see some mobile traction for HN, but posting the same link three times a day might be frowned upon.
- news-yc 16y ago
  I agree completely. And, yet, I did exactly that. Why? I'm not sure. A more logical choice would have been to wait a few days, choose a new title, and then try it again: maybe find something that HN would agree with the first time around. Or maybe I should have finished it completely, released it on the App Store, then posted a link to that. Who knows. But at this point it's too late, so all I can do is apologize for messing with HN like I did, and hope that this contribution offsets it. :(
  - kalvin 16y ago
    I'm glad you did it! I wouldn't have seen this if you hadn't, I'm going to use it, plus you proved something I'd always believed was true-- time of posting can make the difference between a 15-point story and a 140 (and counting) point story. (Not that it's the # of points that matters, just the resulting front page viewership.)
- credo 16y ago
  What I find interesting is that the first two submissions got a total of 15 points over >10 hours each. This one has 78 points in around one hour Timing matters :)
  - aneth 16y ago
    The HN rating system could normalize for this - decreasing time decay for periods where ratings are less frequent.
unwantedLetters 16y ago
On the page it says it'll probably be $4.99. So it is open source, but it may not be free.
- mpakes 16y ago
  "Free" as in speech, not as in beer.
  - unwantedLetters 16y ago
    I stand corrected. For the uninitiated (as myself): "“Free software” does not mean “noncommercial.” A free program must be available for commercial use, commercial development, and commercial distribution. Commercial development of free software is no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important. You may have paid money to get copies of free software, or you may have obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to sell copies. " From http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
    - Jd 16y ago
      As far as I can tell, this gives anyone the freedom to purchase then give away the software. Meaning that there is no moral, ethical, or legal barrier for the original developer to charge $5 to the first purchaser and for the first purchaser to then give out free copies to everyone else. Perhaps I also need to be initiated to comprehend this...
      - fluidcruft 16y ago
        You are correct :)
- rmc 16y ago
  It's 'Free Software' under the definition of the Free Software Foundation. It's a term that's synomonys with open source

Thanks for releasing it as free software. https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc

splish 16y ago

Excited to see some mobile traction for HN, but posting the same link three times a day might be frowned upon.

news-yc 16y ago
I agree completely. And, yet, I did exactly that. Why? I'm not sure. A more logical choice would have been to wait a few days, choose a new title, and then try it again: maybe find something that HN would agree with the first time around. Or maybe I should have finished it completely, released it on the App Store, then posted a link to that. Who knows. But at this point it's too late, so all I can do is apologize for messing with HN like I did, and hope that this contribution offsets it. :(
- kalvin 16y ago
  I'm glad you did it! I wouldn't have seen this if you hadn't, I'm going to use it, plus you proved something I'd always believed was true-- time of posting can make the difference between a 15-point story and a 140 (and counting) point story. (Not that it's the # of points that matters, just the resulting front page viewership.)
credo 16y ago
What I find interesting is that the first two submissions got a total of 15 points over >10 hours each. This one has 78 points in around one hour Timing matters :)
- aneth 16y ago
  The HN rating system could normalize for this - decreasing time decay for periods where ratings are less frequent.

unwantedLetters 16y ago

On the page it says it'll probably be $4.99. So it is open source, but it may not be free.

mpakes 16y ago
"Free" as in speech, not as in beer.
- unwantedLetters 16y ago
  I stand corrected. For the uninitiated (as myself): "“Free software” does not mean “noncommercial.” A free program must be available for commercial use, commercial development, and commercial distribution. Commercial development of free software is no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important. You may have paid money to get copies of free software, or you may have obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to sell copies. " From http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
  - Jd 16y ago
    As far as I can tell, this gives anyone the freedom to purchase then give away the software. Meaning that there is no moral, ethical, or legal barrier for the original developer to charge $5 to the first purchaser and for the first purchaser to then give out free copies to everyone else. Perhaps I also need to be initiated to comprehend this...
    - fluidcruft 16y ago
      You are correct :)
rmc 16y ago
It's 'Free Software' under the definition of the Free Software Foundation. It's a term that's synomonys with open source