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Hacker News mentions (655)

• Unveiling OpenMAMA License: A Comprehensive Exploration of Fair Code and Sustainable Open Source Ecosystems

  The OpenMAMA License was conceived at a time when the open source community demanded transparency and protection against corporate exploitation. Traditional licenses, while effective in many ways, often left developers with little control over commercial derivatives. Developers, driven by a need for equitable recognition and reward, began exploring ways to integrate fair compensation into licensing models.... - Source: dev.to / about 2 hours ago

• Unveiling OpenLDAP Public License 2.8: A Comprehensive Deep Dive into Fair Code Licensing

  The OpenLDAP Public License was born out of the need to safeguard free software contributions while addressing the exploitation frequently associated with overly permissive licenses. Over decades, legal experts and developers collaborated to create a framework that aligns with fair code principles. This historical evolution is documented in detail in the original article and by reputable sources like OSI Licenses... - Source: dev.to / about 3 hours ago

• Unveiling Open Software License 2.1: A Comprehensive Review and Future Outlook

  Various community discussions on platforms such as Stack Overflow and Hacker News have highlighted instances where projects faced difficulties reconciling code from different licensed sources. Developers have noted that while the license’s aim is to maintain fairness, the practical implications of enforcement often depend on supplementary internal governance measures. - Source: dev.to / about 9 hours ago

• Unveiling Open Software License 1.1: A Comprehensive Deep Dive into Fair Code and Open Source Licensing

  Compatibility Issues: Developers often face difficulties when mixing this license with other permissive licenses like the MIT License or stringent licenses like GNU GPL. The risk of “viral” effects in derivative works is a common concern discussed on Hacker News. - Source: dev.to / about 9 hours ago

• Unveiling the Open Group Test Suite License: A Comprehensive Exploration

  Enforcement Complexity: Legal clauses, although detailed, can be difficult to enforce across multiple jurisdictions. This issue is discussed extensively on platforms like Hacker News and Stack Overflow. - Source: dev.to / about 10 hours ago

Y-Combinator mentions (18)

• FOSDEM 2025: The state of Rust trying to catch up with Ada [video]

  Exactly T is that's probably "really" a machine address in a CPU register, and so None is the same CPU register with an all-zeroes bit representation. My favourite non-standard library use of this feature is CompactString. CompactString is the SSO (Small String Optimisation) made famous in C++ but applied to Rust's strings. Rust's native String type is as simple as possible, thus no SSO, it's actually... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• How to Make Money From Coding: A Beginner-Friendly Practical Guide

  Y Combinator: Provides funding and mentorship for early-stage startups. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Ask HN: It Was Better with Www

  We all act like writing www. Is lame and for dads/grandparents, but the truth is: 1. You never know when you need to write https:// 2. It looks a lot uglier 3. Literally means "hypertext transfer protocol (secure)" (I had to look it up, and I am a hacker news user.) 4. Just happened to me: in a youtube description you cant just put ycombinator.com, you have to write https://ycombinator.com. This is not a problem... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• demo of an AI driven RPG

  I found the link originally at ycombinator.com and they have some discussion around it. Source: about 2 years ago

• Did Twitter die, Elon?

  I said this on ycombinator.com, if Elon spent more time on his business rather than arguing online about covid (which is what he was doing at the time of the outage btw), I feel like less twitter outages would happen and perhaps the Twitter Status would be properly updated. Of course, he would rather spend his time conversing online like a 14 year old on MW2 instead of actually doing his job. Source: about 2 years ago