A conversation about open source licenses

Re:A conversation about open source licenses by tzs on Sunday May 15, 2011 @06:29AM (#2549713)

I haven't done much open source (all I've got out there is a thing to suck a small newsfeed from an NNTP server, a simple NNTP cache, three Warhammer Online add-ons, and a Talisman calculator for Wahammer Online), as my job at a mostly closed source company raises enough challenges to occupy all of the time I have for programming.

However, Zed Shaw really tempts me to make time to get involved in open source, especially in projects that will have some tangential connection to him. That's because I haven't been in a really good flame war with a worthy opponent since the old usenet days. From what I've read, it seems he would be more than worthy and not too hard to provoke. :-)

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by zedshaw on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @01:51PM (#2580825)

Oh you're one of those guys who thinks that you're somehow trolling by just being a dipshit. As if my reaction to your stupidity is somehow causing me great pain, when the truth is it's just damn funny to tell someone who insults me to suck a goat cock and then watch them flail at words.

Just being wrong and giggling when people correct you is level 0 trolling. If you really want to troll you gotta step up your game and do something like any of these:

http://mulletdb.com/ http://livingdouchebag.com/ http://programming-motherfucker.com/

If you can pull off projects like that, and open source them, then I'll be one of your fans. If all you do is try to provoke me, then I'll just end up making you look like the dumbass you actually are.

(So something like that is what you want? :-)

EDIT: mulletdb.com is better.

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by jonsmock on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @02:09PM (#2580895)

Oh no, now he has no motivation to do any open source! :-P

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by bwghughes on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @02:45PM (#2581032)

Have you considered developing some proprietary code? :-)

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by zedshaw on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @02:54PM (#2581068)

I do, but it's not as fun.

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by petercooper on Sunday May 15, 2011 @07:00AM (#2549745)

That's because I haven't been in a really good flame war with a worthy opponent since the old usenet days.

That's easily the most bizarre motivation I've heard to get into open source(!) :-)

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by stcredzero on Sunday May 15, 2011 @11:43AM (#2550116)

Yes, we all know that Open Source is the place to be to get away from those pesky flamewars.

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Re:A conversation about open source licenses by code_goblin on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @03:31PM (#2581241)

If that's your motivation, I hope you never write another piece of open source software.

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