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> [LWN subscriber-only content] I'm guessing you weren't supposed to share this link?
by maest 5y ago
> [LWN subscriber-only content]
I'm guessing you weren't supposed to share this link?
- swyx 5y agoright below that it says "The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber." feature, not bug
- WA9ACE 5y agoI'm so very happy that's a feature, I subscribed to LWN a while back from reading some subscriber only links on HN.
- janfoeh 5y agoLWN links are intentionally shareable. See the "Welcome .." box at the top: > The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- Diederich 5y agoFYI: the owner of lwn.net is on record as being ok with people widely sharing subscriber only content links.
- gwd 5y agoWhen (as a subscriber) you make such a link, it says that if such links are "abused", the ability to make them may go away. Having the occasional article posted to HN seems to be OK with them (or they probably would have added a specific request not to post them to news aggregation sites). It's likely a wholesale "Free LWN for all" page with a weekly subscriber link to all the articles they're worried about.
- woofie11 5y agoNope. LWN built the feature that subscribes can share links as a feature. If you subscribe, you can share. LWN is a very fair and ethical organization. This struck what felt to them (and to much of the community) as a good balance.