Charlie writes: "Ok, this is the sh*t. Not only that, word has it, this is going to be open source. Of course, this is what some guy who reads some forum has emailed me, and I'm being completely sensational by posting it on an open source blog, but the youtubes are so cool that I can't help myself."
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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mawcs
4 years 13 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago
Maybe not open source
The author says in the comments that he *has not* decided to release it has open source.
charlesgoodwin
4 years 13 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago
Misleading comment
No, he said he has not decided whether to or not. Don't misquote. He's unsure.
mawcs
4 years 13 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago
Don't misquote me!
I said "he *has not* decided..." I didn't say that he decided not to. There is a huge difference. The point is that the headline says that it "will" be open-sourced and that is incorrect. My comment clearly said "maybe not open source." See the "maybe?"
Try exercising your reading comprehension before claiming that I am "misleading."
charlesgoodwin
4 years 13 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago
Ambiguous as anything
"He has not decided to release it as open source" is ambiguous.
e.g. He has not decided to release it as open source but instead decided to keep it closed source.
Speak with clarity then you will not be corrected.