Re:Tell HN: Hacker News India
by plinkplonk on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @03:18AM
(#1909494)
Bad Idea. I am Indian and I plan to stay away from this.
"Hacker News" is a name used by PG for his webapp and you shouldn't use it (or variants) for yourself without getting explicit permission from him (You didn't did you?).
Imagine setting up a "Google India" or "Stanford India" site and claiming "if they want to operate these sites they can, we are not making any money off this". If those are shady, so is this.
If you just want an HN like forum, why not use the open source arc code but make your own name?
While I am not convinced there are issues that are exclusive enough to "Indian hackers" (shudder) that need a separate forum, others may have such a need. Good for them.
But please don't steal the name of a successful site without explicit permission from the owner.
Overall an amateurish move, if not illegal. (All purely imo - my fellow "Indian hackers" can downvote)
"Hacker News" is a name used by PG for his webapp and you shouldn't use it (or variants) for yourself without getting explicit permission from him (You didn't did you?).
Imagine setting up a "Google India" or "Stanford India" site and claiming "if they want to operate these sites they can, we are not making any money off this". If those are shady, so is this.
If you just want an HN like forum, why not use the open source arc code but make your own name?
While I am not convinced there are issues that are exclusive enough to "Indian hackers" (shudder) that need a separate forum, others may have such a need. Good for them.
But please don't steal the name of a successful site without explicit permission from the owner.
Overall an amateurish move, if not illegal. (All purely imo - my fellow "Indian hackers" can downvote)
My response = flip bit. Move On.