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> I think a better approach would be to piggyback off of ublock origin's lists That won’t work. uBlock origin is licensed GPLv3 (https://github.com/gorhill/uBl
by Someone 8mo ago
> I think a better approach would be to piggyback off of ublock origin's lists
That won’t work. uBlock origin is licensed GPLv3 (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock), this code is MIT licensed (https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News).
- Octoth0rpe 8mo agoGreat point, thanks! @IronsideXXVI, are you open to changing to gpl v3? Otherwise, there is probably a decent set of filter lists with an MIT license somewhere. The goal is for you to NOT become a filter list maintainer, and by piggybacking off an already respected set of lists, you'd build user trust in your adblocking.
- agg23 8mo agoI would recommend that changing to GPL just to gain better ad blocking, which is far from being a primary feature, is probably not the greatest idea if you care about licensing.
- Octoth0rpe 8mo ago> which is far from being a primary feature, I don't know that I agree. If the adblocking functionality has gaps, then I will likely not use it for reading stories, and if I'm already opening up HN in my browser w/ ublock origin, then I might as well stay there and comment. Reading the article may not be the 'primary feature', but strong adblocking does seem like table stakes.