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Fair Code

13 points by deadbunny 6y ago

CJefferson 6y ago
How can the FAQ not include "clearly explain how this differs from GPL and BSD?" Does anyone know?
- kroltan 6y ago
  Perhaps because it prominently says that it isn't even a license at all? It is just a made-up term/category to identify licenses that restrict direct commercialization of software. Like how "open-source" isn't a license by itself, but a reasonably-shared understanding about software licenses with some properties.
breck 6y ago
Don’t add restrictions, period. You shouldn’t even have such an option. It’s an evil thing. It also shows a profound ignorance of how little your work adds vs builds on the contributions of others.
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  I made a hammer to put nails in things so I guess it’s evil to ask someone not to bash my brains in with it
  - breck 6y ago
    Here's a reminder that DisneyCorp asks the government to bash your brains with a hammer if you show Toy Story to a poor 3 year old: https://www.deviantart.com/cb642ondeviantart/art/FBI-Warning-Screen-801431279 https://www.deviantart.com/cb642ondeviantart/art/FBI-Warning...
    - eyelidlessness 6y ago
      Maybe you don’t know but negation of a harmful thing isn’t the same as threatening it.
dang 6y ago
This could be a good submission but right now it's a follow-up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25632892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25632892, which is already on the front page. In such cases it's best for the auxiliary link to appear in the comments, not as a second submission on the front page. This is because frontpage space is the scarcest resource we have, and because trying to avoid repetition is a key aspect of optimizing for curiosity. Here's a thwack of links to past explanations: On follow-up posts: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=follow-up%20by%3Adang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Frontpage scarcity: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20scarce&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Curiosity withers under repetition: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... Optimizing for one thing: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Can't be predicted from any sequence: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20from%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- deadbunny 6y ago
  Ah, I came across it independently of the other article, but I get where you're coming from. Edit: To note the copy/pasted set of links at the bottom of the post mostly end up leading to further instances of the same copy/pasted set of links. Not overly informative.
  - dang 6y ago
    Yeah I need to do something about that. But there's also a lot of meat on those bones if you scroll through.
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  RE: front page scarcity and avoiding repetition, one of the few things I like about stack overflow (which is also present in Notational Velocity and its descendants, and there’s other prior art) is treating the title input also as a search to help minimize duplicates. I know HN doesn’t like to have a lot of in page interactivity but maybe if a title or link seems to duplicate another recent submission on submit it could prompt to upvote or comment the earlier submission in lieu of submitting the duplicate?

Fair Code

13 points by deadbunny 6y ago

CJefferson 6y ago

How can the FAQ not include "clearly explain how this differs from GPL and BSD?" Does anyone know?

kroltan 6y ago
Perhaps because it prominently says that it isn't even a license at all? It is just a made-up term/category to identify licenses that restrict direct commercialization of software. Like how "open-source" isn't a license by itself, but a reasonably-shared understanding about software licenses with some properties.

breck 6y ago

Don’t add restrictions, period. You shouldn’t even have such an option. It’s an evil thing. It also shows a profound ignorance of how little your work adds vs builds on the contributions of others.

eyelidlessness 6y ago
I made a hammer to put nails in things so I guess it’s evil to ask someone not to bash my brains in with it
- breck 6y ago
  Here's a reminder that DisneyCorp asks the government to bash your brains with a hammer if you show Toy Story to a poor 3 year old: https://www.deviantart.com/cb642ondeviantart/art/FBI-Warning-Screen-801431279 https://www.deviantart.com/cb642ondeviantart/art/FBI-Warning...
  - eyelidlessness 6y ago
    Maybe you don’t know but negation of a harmful thing isn’t the same as threatening it.

dang 6y ago

This could be a good submission but right now it's a follow-up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25632892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25632892, which is already on the front page. In such cases it's best for the auxiliary link to appear in the comments, not as a second submission on the front page. This is because frontpage space is the scarcest resource we have, and because trying to avoid repetition is a key aspect of optimizing for curiosity. Here's a thwack of links to past explanations: On follow-up posts: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=follow-up%20by%3Adang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Frontpage scarcity: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20scarce&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Curiosity withers under repetition: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... Optimizing for one thing: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... Can't be predicted from any sequence: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20from%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

deadbunny 6y ago
Ah, I came across it independently of the other article, but I get where you're coming from. Edit: To note the copy/pasted set of links at the bottom of the post mostly end up leading to further instances of the same copy/pasted set of links. Not overly informative.
- dang 6y ago
  Yeah I need to do something about that. But there's also a lot of meat on those bones if you scroll through.
eyelidlessness 6y ago
RE: front page scarcity and avoiding repetition, one of the few things I like about stack overflow (which is also present in Notational Velocity and its descendants, and there’s other prior art) is treating the title input also as a search to help minimize duplicates. I know HN doesn’t like to have a lot of in page interactivity but maybe if a title or link seems to duplicate another recent submission on submit it could prompt to upvote or comment the earlier submission in lieu of submitting the duplicate?