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New Site Makes OSS Development Easier

Posted by timothy on from the snippets-of-gpl-joy dept.

An anonymous reader submits "OpenSnippets is a fledgling online community for OSS developers. New members are welcome to submit articles and code of interest, and everyone can view/download the code! It's blog-styled with topics for most popular languages. How useful- I only wish it'd make my coffee..."

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  1. Not "Open", but GPLed by aziegler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The default licence assumed is apparently GPL, which isn't open -- it's GPL. I can't use GPLed snippets in my code that I wish to make BSD or MIT or MPL licensed.

    Great idea, lousy default licence choice.

    -a

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    1. Re:Not "Open", but GPLed by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Interesting

      After reading this story, I posted a GPLed snippet of my code on the site.

      If someone emailed me and said they would like to put it in their BSD licensed application, I would grant them a specific permission.

      I have a feeling most people that license their stuff under GPL would have similar feelings about small snippets of their GPL code. It can't hurt to ask, not everything has to be a huge political battle, we are all programmers here.

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  2. woah by SHEENmaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    A friend just told me I was /.ed. Sorry that the site is on such a slow line, I'll be moving it to a faster one tomorrow.

    As for the name, it's open if you can read it. If you are trying to get code for commercial software, check out planet source code. I might change the default license in the near future, but it isn't very likely. Submissions can specify their license of choice in their comments.

    Email me with any suggestions, complaints, burning garbage, or offers of endorsement.

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  3. gpl stuff by morgajel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As one of the coders who has provided snippets for them, I gotta say that I the gpl licence works just fine. the purpose is to TEACH you how to do it, not just copy paste and be done with it. The gpl has a handy little clause that says you can rewrite the code and call it your own.

    If you like my code, the only thing I ask is that you figure out what what it does before using it. If you understand it, you don't have to copy/paste it and can just write your own.

    I think that gpl is perfect for this site because the snippets are small, and easy to rewrite. It's perfect for me because in order to rewrite it, you have to understand it, which is why I posted the snippets in the first place- to help people learn.

    Good job sheenmaster, but you really gotta get a different handle:)

    if you want to check out other projects I've worked on, check out morgajel.com

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