• chip16@beehaw.org
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    Why do boomers put a license link on public comments where the license has no value? I’d recommend removing it since having it automatically makes your opinions worth less.

    From the notices section

    You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain

    Which means comments posted anywhere.

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        You mean, how you waive your rights to what you post on a website? That makes them public domain.

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          Posting something on a website does not make it public domain. Typically, the website’s Terms of Service will require that you grant the website operator a license to use any content that you post on the site (so that they can display it to other users). That license does not extend to other visitors of the same website.

          Of course, in practice, it’s very unlikely that someone would take you to court over copying a website comment. But if someone posts, say, an original work of art or a short story in a comment thread, you should be aware that it is still protected by copyright.

        • Fudoshin ️🏳️‍🌈@feddit.uk
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          It depends on the website hosting location. TOS, users location and relevant international copyright treaties.

          It’s not a one-size-fits-all.

          As a UK citizen I can’t claim my (US) first amendment right to call you a “cunt”.

          It’s against the website TOS and I’m not American.

          Putting a license at the bottom clears any ambiguity.

          Funnily enough you’re only highlighting your own “Zoomer” naivety of law by making your “Boomer” comment.

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            And the license means fuck all on any public website where you waive your right to privacy by using. Esp by federating across other websites, where rules are different across every place it’s federated to.

            So, expecting to apply a CC license to comments made publicly, is like expecting to not be recorded or photographed when in a public place.

            And nice try on the zoomer comment, but way wrong. People trying to license their comments has happened for quite a while and it’s always been shown as not binding. Trying to impose your licensing on a public website is laughable.

            Also, the 1st amendment has nothing to do with what you can or can’t say to a private person. So, please don’t speak and try to compare things you obviously don’t understand.

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              So am I understanding you correctly? When I develop open-source software and put it on GitHub, the license, which GitHub offers you to set, is actually irrelevant because since the code is on a public website, it’s somehow automatically public domain?

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            Please refrain from name calling on Beehaw. Our one rule is “Be(e) Nice” and I’d like to ask you to reconsider how you are engaging in this discussion.

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          Tacking a license to the end of a comment posted to just about any website does not actually change how the sites content is licensed.

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        Just automatically lowers the value of what you say when it has no bearing on anything.

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        I honestly agree that it seems silly and kind of detracts from your comments to add that to all of them, and may seem spammy to some people, but I also am pretty sure I get where you’re coming from and kind of admire that you’re sticking to it and not giving a fuck that some people think it’s dumb or whatever. That’s pretty cool.

        And, really, it’s not like you’re hurting anyone by adding that link to your comments. Who cares? Do yo thang, buddy. :)

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          I actually find it a bit funny that a single line at the end of comments sparks so much ire in some. So much so, that they feel compelled to take more time out of their day to write a message than it took to read the line, and hurl insults at me. Not my problem 🤷

          Thank you for understanding🙏 Have a good one.

          CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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            I also find it odd that it automatically makes you a boomer. You’re not hurting anyone, and you’re not the only one doing this on the fediverse. I don’t think having a creative commons license at the end of your comment detracts from your comments at all. I agree with the above, keep doing you.

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      Do you have any source for your claim that comments on the Internet are public domain? It’s a common sentiment that anything posted on the Internet is public, but I don’t believe it has any legal basis. Often websites have a ToS saying that anything you submit belongs to them in perpetuity, but programming.dev doesn’t have that.

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      This comment, and others in the thread below, are not engaging in the spirit of this instance. If you have questions about why someone has formatted their post the way they have, you can ask them without insulting the user. I’ll be removing any further comments that engage in this manner.