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Comment Re:I would love this, if... (Score 2) 151

I have to imagine it eventually kills productivity though.

Sometimes it's the relaxed brain that comes up with moments of insight when least expected (like in the shower for example).

Like definitely bursts like that for a project that's gripping, but, for myself at least, I'm going to hit a brick wall eventually and step back for a few days, see the problem fresh.

Even if the young folks, it can't be sustainable.

Comment Re:Is this a special needs thing? (Score 1) 165

I was just guessing, not accusing...

I went to a pretty big school that segregated kids into 3 or 4 tiers depend on the subject. I took one of the bottom tier courses and it was absolutely wild to me compared to what I thought was a disrupted class in the I upper two.

It was a mixed income school, but large enough to segregate to an honestly pretty disturbing level.

I'm class of '99 for timeline.

Comment Re:Is this a special needs thing? (Score 1) 165

You were most likely in an average or above average class though (just guessing based on /. demographics).

The bad classes are so much worse.

Like find a school where a large percentage of the students have little supervision at home due to parents work schedules and then go to the lower level class room. It's dramatically different than an average class, or even a typical bad one.

Comment Re:Disallow commercial use (Score 1) 41

Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works and change it to do what you want. Access to the source code is a prerequisite for this freedom.
Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so that you can help others.
Freedom 3: The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. This allows you to give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.

The proposal for non commercial use, license otherwise violates all for freedoms.

Comment Re:Disallow commercial use (Score 1) 41

If you need a license to use it the way that you want it violates the principals of open source.

The concept is you should be able to receive the source code with the default license and use it as you wish. If you require extra licensing to use it as you wish it cannot be part of the ecosystem and is not open source.

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