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Very cute. :-) Now that we've all had a laugh, wouldn't it make more sense to have the server respond with a redirect to a shared copy of the script hosted som

by jt2190 13y ago

Very cute. :-) Now that we've all had a laugh, wouldn't it make more sense to have the server respond with a redirect to a shared copy of the script hosted somewhere that provides bandwidth for free? (Perhaps this is a sign that the script should be open-sourced as well.)

tibbon 13y ago
But bandwidth isn't free. Someone's gotta pay for it in some way or another, and if a major company lets say is using your hosted copy without asking, then perhaps they should host their own?
- ithkuil 13y ago
  there are cdns happy to host useful opensource scripts for free, assuming you want to release your script as open source.
arcatek 13y ago
This script is used by rawgithub.io. It allows to punish the 'abusers'. There isn't really a notion of open-source in it. I think the idea is more that if someone is eating your bandwidth by hotlinking your jQuery.js, then you can serve them this instead.
orthecreedence 13y ago
If someone hotlinked one of my scripts, I'd update the head of the script and use the opportunity for free marketing: if(!window.location.host.match(/(www\.)?myapp.com/)) window.location = 'http://www.myapp.com'; I bet they won't hotlink after that.
- jt2190 13y ago
  I like this. I'd think it'd be even better if instead of getting them to stop linking, you could turn them into a permanent source of referrals.
  - orthecreedence 13y ago
    If you added a `Math.random() < .01` in the if clause, I doubt they'd ever even notice, and depending on how much traffic they get you could have a nice steady flow of referrals =].
- danielweber 13y ago
  I know someone who had, of all people, Facebook hot-linking to his stuff. He redirected all visitors to his homepage. Then Facebook's legal department called his home number, his wife answered and got nervous, and it all ended there.
  - orthecreedence 13y ago
    Interesting! I personally would have loved to have a chat with Facebook's legal team about the issue. Although I'm a bit surprised they'd actually call him instead of either a) not hotlinking anymore (seems to be the most obvious solution) or b) just sending a quick C&D. I'd be surprised if they actually have a leg to stand on legally if they are hotlinking off someone's site, especially if there's have no prior agreement to allow them to do so.
    - foobarian 13y ago
      Sounds fishy. It would take days for any kind of legal action like this. Doesn't FB push code like every couple of hours? A code patch would have been many times quicker.

by jt2190 13y ago

tibbon 13y ago

But bandwidth isn't free. Someone's gotta pay for it in some way or another, and if a major company lets say is using your hosted copy without asking, then perhaps they should host their own?

ithkuil 13y ago
there are cdns happy to host useful opensource scripts for free, assuming you want to release your script as open source.

arcatek 13y ago

This script is used by rawgithub.io. It allows to punish the 'abusers'. There isn't really a notion of open-source in it. I think the idea is more that if someone is eating your bandwidth by hotlinking your jQuery.js, then you can serve them this instead.

orthecreedence 13y ago

If someone hotlinked one of my scripts, I'd update the head of the script and use the opportunity for free marketing: if(!window.location.host.match(/(www\.)?myapp.com/)) window.location = 'http://www.myapp.com'; I bet they won't hotlink after that.

jt2190 13y ago
I like this. I'd think it'd be even better if instead of getting them to stop linking, you could turn them into a permanent source of referrals.
- orthecreedence 13y ago
  If you added a `Math.random() < .01` in the if clause, I doubt they'd ever even notice, and depending on how much traffic they get you could have a nice steady flow of referrals =].
danielweber 13y ago
I know someone who had, of all people, Facebook hot-linking to his stuff. He redirected all visitors to his homepage. Then Facebook's legal department called his home number, his wife answered and got nervous, and it all ended there.
- orthecreedence 13y ago
  Interesting! I personally would have loved to have a chat with Facebook's legal team about the issue. Although I'm a bit surprised they'd actually call him instead of either a) not hotlinking anymore (seems to be the most obvious solution) or b) just sending a quick C&D. I'd be surprised if they actually have a leg to stand on legally if they are hotlinking off someone's site, especially if there's have no prior agreement to allow them to do so.
  - foobarian 13y ago
    Sounds fishy. It would take days for any kind of legal action like this. Doesn't FB push code like every couple of hours? A code patch would have been many times quicker.