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no; it's free software.

no; it's free software.

Posted Jul 29, 2004 10:32 UTC (Thu) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487)
In reply to: no; it's free software. by ekj
Parent article: OLS: An introduction to Conary

Please, check the link to the licensing discussion. I've put it in my post for a reason.

BTW, I forgot to add fragmentation (as opposed to diversity) to the list of harms license incompatibility brings.


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on overlooked links

Posted Jul 30, 2004 21:28 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

Please, check the link to the licensing discussion. I've put it in my post for a reason.

It would be good if that reason were evident from the post itself. In this case, you just hyperlinked the wrong text. The text X/MIT, GPL, and LGPL does not say "licensing discussion." It suggests a link or links to descriptions of three licenses.

In this case, the text There are only 3 free software licenses would have been better text to hyperlink, and "as discussed here" would be even better.

I don't know about you, but I virtually never click on every hyperlink in a document. I have to have some clue it's something I want to read.

on overlooked links

Posted Aug 3, 2004 14:56 UTC (Tue) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487) [Link]

You're right, my links could have been more obvious.

I don't know about you, but I virtually never click on every hyperlink in a document. I have to have some clue it's something I want to read.

When I'm interested in the subject, I usually dig deep enough to understand the point. When I'm not interested, I don't bother to read comments at all.

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