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Comment Open source can be tricky (Score 2) 49

There was a useful open-source library that an engineer wanted to use, where I work. We had to reject it because the open-source license had been amended to include prohibition against being used by "greedy capitalists." While we don't consider ourselves "greedy capitalists" (and, in fact, we are occasionally accused of being liberal socialists by people on the internet), it wasn't clear what the exact legal implications of that statement were. So, we rejected the use of the library as "not having an enterprise-compatible license." It had nothing to do with the library being free or open-source. It just had to do with the fact that we didn't want to go against the terms of the license and couldn't be exactly sure what those terms meant in the eyes of the author.

Submission + - Here's How to Disable Google Chrome's Confusing New URL Hiding Scheme (vortex.com)

Lauren Weinstein writes: I don’t normally recommend altering Chrome’s inner sanctum of “experimental” settings unless you’re a hardcore techie who fully understands the implications. But today I’m making an exception and will explain how you can disable these new URL handling behaviors and return Chrome to its previous (safer and logical) URL display methodology — at least until such a time as Google decides to force this issue and removes this option.

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