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why would you publish that on npm? i'm not familiar with the ecosystem, is there a precedent for publishing non-js source files on npm?

awda 12y ago
And why would you claim MIT license on the code which you didn't write and has no license listed?
- seanewest 12y ago
  I think it is good practice to license packages on npm, even when you are not the original author (which is very common on npm).
  - Alupis 12y ago
    Well... technically something with no license is the most restrictive form of a license; as-in nobody has the right to use it nor republish it nor modify it. Not being the copyright holder forbids you from assigning a license. However, for a trivial piece of code as this... it could be argued it's not copyright-able and therefore you are OK... but just be careful in the future.
    - bradleyjg 12y ago
      If it's not copyrightable it's deceptive to add a purported copyright license. If it is, he has no right to relicense it. Either way not a good move.
    - seanewest 12y ago
      Actually I just looked the copyright issue up: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default-license-of-code-published-at-github http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default.... Unpublishing!
      - Alupis 12y ago
        Again, I dont think a snippet this trivial is subject to copyright... I just wanted to point out you should mind these matters in the future. Besides offending a developer, you could get into some trouble. Many times I've emailed devs on Github regarding some code they have that I'd like to use part of but they've failed to assign a license. A few time's I've been turned away... but usually the dev just forgot or was not aware others couldn't freely use it.
seanewest 12y ago
There is precedence for publishing non-js code on npm: https://github.com/substack/dotc https://github.com/substack/dotc
- Alupis 12y ago
  someone said there is already quicksort in the standard lib... so this code snippet is really only academic...
- Jtsummers 12y ago
  That looks to be JS code that implements a C preprocessor. And the C code present in it seems to be for demonstrating/testing the preprocessor.
  - seanewest 12y ago
    Scroll down to the section "publishing c modules". It advocates publishing dotc modules on npm. "npm? Isn't that for javascript? Yes, but: native node modules are written in c++ npm already exists npm installs packages in a way that avoids dependency hell"

awda 12y ago

And why would you claim MIT license on the code which you didn't write and has no license listed?

seanewest 12y ago
I think it is good practice to license packages on npm, even when you are not the original author (which is very common on npm).
- Alupis 12y ago
  Well... technically something with no license is the most restrictive form of a license; as-in nobody has the right to use it nor republish it nor modify it. Not being the copyright holder forbids you from assigning a license. However, for a trivial piece of code as this... it could be argued it's not copyright-able and therefore you are OK... but just be careful in the future.
  - bradleyjg 12y ago
    If it's not copyrightable it's deceptive to add a purported copyright license. If it is, he has no right to relicense it. Either way not a good move.
  - seanewest 12y ago
    Actually I just looked the copyright issue up: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default-license-of-code-published-at-github http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007674/whats-the-default.... Unpublishing!
    - Alupis 12y ago
      Again, I dont think a snippet this trivial is subject to copyright... I just wanted to point out you should mind these matters in the future. Besides offending a developer, you could get into some trouble. Many times I've emailed devs on Github regarding some code they have that I'd like to use part of but they've failed to assign a license. A few time's I've been turned away... but usually the dev just forgot or was not aware others couldn't freely use it.

seanewest 12y ago

There is precedence for publishing non-js code on npm: https://github.com/substack/dotc https://github.com/substack/dotc

Alupis 12y ago
someone said there is already quicksort in the standard lib... so this code snippet is really only academic...
Jtsummers 12y ago
That looks to be JS code that implements a C preprocessor. And the C code present in it seems to be for demonstrating/testing the preprocessor.
- seanewest 12y ago
  Scroll down to the section "publishing c modules". It advocates publishing dotc modules on npm. "npm? Isn't that for javascript? Yes, but: native node modules are written in c++ npm already exists npm installs packages in a way that avoids dependency hell"