Re:Why My Blog Is Closed-Source
by remram on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @05:57PM
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We are discussing his article called "Why My Blog Is Closed Source". I am not randomly criticizing his life choices, just engaging in the discussion he started.
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Re:Why My Blog Is Closed-Source
by DoreenMichele on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:03PM
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Well, arguably, other people started this discussion. He blogged about it because people said stuff to him about it and he chose to respond more generally, probably in part to try to reduce the amount of time spent explaining it one on one.
Yes, any time you publish anything at all, you risk having someone misuse it. But someone who replicates a thing and messes it up where you didn't provide the source code is less likely to act like "you did this to me, you evil monster, you." More importantly, the rest of the world is less likely to hold you responsible.
Publishing A and publishing B don't come with equal risks. He is choosing to mitigate risks for reasons that make sense to him in areas that matter to him and explaining it on his blog.
You can feel however you feel about that, but he has a right to make those distinctions and choices whether you like it or not.
I am not saying he has no right to his opinions, I am disagreeing. It seems like you are trying to argue that we don't get to argue or something, which is not productive. Please stop it.
Re:Why My Blog Is Closed-Source
by DoreenMichele on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @07:52PM
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It seems like you are trying to argue that we don't get to argue... Please stop it.
Irony, incarnate.
That is not what irony means. And you are still pushing the discussion further from the actual thread. Why? Can't you argue the point at hand instead of serving those "his opinion is valid", "we don't know if he wanted a discussion", and other "he has a right to make a bad choice" non-arguments?