"But I still kind of hate to be That Guy. Even though it's important, it feels like I am trying to correct someone's grammar. I wish more people would step up a

"But I still kind of hate to be That Guy. Even though it's important, it feels like I am trying to correct someone's grammar. I wish more people would step up and be That Person so I wouldn't have to be." I can assure you that this is probably worse than anything you've done: https://github.com/stephen-hardy/DOCX.js/issues/1 https://github.com/stephen-hardy/DOCX.js/issues/1 " Many people assume that code on github is open source, but that is far from the truth. In fact, the Microsoft Office Extensible File License exemplifies Open Source Trolling: each clause an insult to the diligent readers' intellect. The real problem with all code under the license is that it muddies the water. Microsoft could use your code as a reason to take legal action against others who genuinely try to innovate and use DOCX as a data format. You hurt the community far more than you help by releasing pseudopen source code. Ever think that those lawyers might want you to do this so that they can go after others later on? @stephen-hardy I think you are a reasonable person, and I might be niggling a bit, but neither of us want to see innovation stifled by myriads of lawsuits because one person's effort to release code created a miasma around a beloved software product. Let this be a clarion call, and please share with your coworkers and superiors: unless the code can be released in a proper open source format, it's better that you don't release it. "