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Why don't you just open-source this?

• ars 13y ago
  Because they don't want to? It's really nice when people open source things, but people don't have to do so, especially if they hope to make a little money off it.
  • forgottenpass 13y ago
    But what's the harm in asking? That comment (at the time of this post) is greyed out. So for some reason people are downvoting him for asking.
    • jheriko 13y ago
      i didn't downvote but i really used to hate this attitude "well why don't you learn to code and make it yourself" is the gut response to it...
      • forgottenpass 13y ago
        Sure, it's easy to see things in terms of "gimme" or "fuck you, I got mine." But there's also "we're just talkin' here, no judgement is being made. They built on a BSD library, why not submit a patch?" It's not hard to read the judgement into the question though. Especially if you consider what the handful of popular viewpoints that show up on HN tend to be.
• eps 13y ago
  Do you realize that you are trolling? Why should they? What's in it for them?