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For all of the folks worried about the future of CSS Tricks, this is why licensing matters! I spent most of the past decade producing (as a writer, editor, and
by jehb 4y ago
For all of the folks worried about the future of CSS Tricks, this is why licensing matters!
I spent most of the past decade producing (as a writer, editor, and community manager) tutorial and other technical content for a large software company. Because the company I worked for values open source principles, every single article I ever wrote for them was licensed under CC BY-SA or a similar license. If the sites I worked on disappeared tomorrow, I would be free to republish them on a new home on the web, and more importantly, to continue to keep them up to date. I don't work there any more, and it's such a relief not to have to worry about a lawsuit from a former employer just to be able to reuse my own work.
- abetusk 4y agoAre the articles on CSS Tricks under a libre license? I can't find any mention of it, though I haven't searched in depth, so it's proprietary? For the record, their code on CodePen looks to be MIT licensed (though CodePen requires a login). For example, Infinite Burger is MIT licensed [0]. [0] https://codepen.io/team/css-tricks/pen/mNBrNG#_=_ https://codepen.io/team/css-tricks/pen/mNBrNG#_=_
- johannesch 4y agoSeems, the license allows for copying [1]. Maybe worth rescuing them. [1] https://css-tricks.com/license/ https://css-tricks.com/license/
- jehb 4y agoI'm actually amazed this license is still there post-acquisition, and perhaps equally amazed this license didn't tank the acquisition in the first place.
- reaperducer 4y agothis is why licensing matters! Yes. And it's also why any resource you use more than once should be submitted to archive.org — just in case! https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://css-tricks.com https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://css-tric...