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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> This is a subthread of "I wonder why matrix isn't more widespread at this point". Exactly. My point is that the question itself is misplaced. It reflects a consumer mindset, which makes sense when you are paying for a pr
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Yes, it is not popular, for the reasons I already mentioned. What puzzles me is why so many HN comments, including yours, frame this purely in consumer terms: "If this open source tool doesn't meet my needs, I'll switch to a
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
You need to learn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
There is no need to get into an online argument with the developers. The open source software is still offered to you as a gift. You can modify it however you need and keep it for yourself. The developers developed the open source software
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Then you should use proprietary solutions. Open source solutions are written by developers for themselves. They are not writing it for you. They have no reason to write them for you. You are not paying them. It is a labor of love they are d
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Honestly I cannot imagine who expects the original vi and trusts vi to be there. Every Unix/Linux user I have met expects Vim and trusts Vim to be there. If there are users expecting original vi, they must be a very small minority.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930961
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
I am genuinely unable to decide if this is satire or sincere. Please someone tell me that this is a parody.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> Then why are you asking for legal advice on HN? I didn't ask for legal advice. I was challenging my parent comment with a rhetorical question. With that rhetorical question, I meant that there is no way for the parent commenter to
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> Liability is capped by court (e.g. small claims court) or by specific claim type depending on the legislation of the jurisdiction (e.g. speeding tickets typically have set fines varying by state). What you are saying is partly true and
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Correct. That's not true in Europe either. IIRC it's not true in Asia either. I don't understand why so many people who don't have even the most basic understanding or experience of licensing feel they must post their op
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> So, my question is: are the people that are upset with the "ambiguity" people who neither > (a) want to buy a license nor > (b) be bound by the AGPLv3? No and no. People first want to know what the correct licenses are
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> Largely, if you read defensively and try to read what is not said, then you get very very far. How far is "very, very far"? Is it far enough that, if there were a lawsuit, my liability would truly be capped at €10,000? Becaus
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> It is - it might not be successful (the court may rule against you) Exactly what I said.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Speaking only for myself here. But I don't have the arrogance to assume that I can interpret legalese the way I interpret English. When shit goes to court, saying here's what I thought "may" means is not going to be a le
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Wow. I didn't know that. Looks like this is a very US thing. I looked up now and TIL that US adopted the Berne convention as late as 1989. I'm surprised. So this movie released in 1966 didn't have default "all rights res
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> If you didn't mention the license, it was in public domain. I don't think this has ever been the case. If a license is not mentioned, it is always "All rights reserved" by the authors of the project, by the Berne co
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Yes, if the licensing terms are unclear, to err on the side of caution, it is best to assume "All rights reserved" by the authors of the software so you don't accidentally violate the authors' rights. And then hire a law
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Licensing should never be left to "reading comprehension". If there is any doubt about the terms, a clarification should be requested. A clarification was requested here. The requested clarification was declined. If this matter wa
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
I have used many open source tools and I have convinced my company to buy the commercial license of the said tools to get the enterprise version and support. Win-win for both parties. I use and improve my skills on the open source version o
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
That term doesn't exist in the legal language where I live. And I don't know your term well enough to know what it maps to in our law.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Whether stupidest nitpick or not, thank you for posting this. I learned Pavlovian conditioning better from your comment. This is the kind of comment I come to HN for. Appreciate it.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Since there are people from all countries here, the answer to your question depends a lot on who you ask. I don't think even the specific word you used is relevant in all parts of the world.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> I think a lot of these debates miss the core point, which is stage and context. Yes, a single modern server can handle far more than most people think, and yes, microservices are massively overused. But early teams usually optimize for
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
On the internet nobody knows if someone made up a story. They might have as well made up the whole story. This post may be a work of fiction. Maybe it never happened. But it is entertaining.
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> Or am I crazy? You are not. The entire post is LLM slop. I am as baffled as you are how something like this could be on the front page of HN. The senseless bolding of random words in the text, numbers that are way off and don't ma
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
I come to HN to read thoughtful posts written by humans. Why are we upvoting LLM slop to the front page? It is frustrating that the awesome article about Nonograms currently has less than 70 upvotes. But this pure LLM slop has 100+ upvotes
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
> but the punitive impact might change things Call me cynical but I have little to no hope that even class actions would solve anything. These companies have become so big that they can take one class action after another for years to co
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted. This may be snark, but this is 100% needed in the world we live in today. It is a fact of today's world that individuals have no leverage over these companies. I can understand why big companies,
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by throwaway150 8mo ago
100% agree with you. The big techs are definitely 100% at fault. But you know, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... I mean, we get these stories every month. Yes, 100% it is not ethical to randomly kneecap people. But let's be h

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