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There needs to exist a place to simply dump code with no obligations. One of his minor arguments against open sourcing was having to maintain the code base, an
by brador 12y ago
There needs to exist a place to simply dump code with no obligations.
One of his minor arguments against open sourcing was having to maintain the code base, and i've heard this from others too. With a dumping ground there would be no such obligation.
- brianwawok 12y agoWhy? Dump it in github with the right license, and anyone can fork it.
- nirvdrum 12y agoOne reason is because you'll invariably be criticized for not merging some pull request.
- danielweber 12y agoCreate an account with a throwaway address, put the project up, then walk away. I have a few projects on Github that aren't under my name because I don't want to be pestered about them, ever. And I never have.
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- markbao 12y agoUnfortunately, it wouldn't be that easy—and I assume parent commenter is talking about a "code dump" that is not within legal limits. Original author wants to do things by the book: Setting all that aside, open sourcing the codebase is not some trivial process. And I'm not talking wanting to clean up stuff I might be embarrassed by. Here's a non-comprehensive list of issues that need to be addressed: - The web site design was a theme bought on WrapBootstrap that I don't have the rights to sublicense. - The rich UI widgets come from the commercial version of ExtJS. That needs to be excised or the whole project needs to be GPLv3.
- brudgers 12y agoThere is. The null device.
- dreen 12y agoWell it can always be "accidentally" leaked and blame placed on chinease hackers or something.