Is this allowed
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The author of this article[^] appears to be demanding a sort of registration from anyone who uses the code, and also soliciting donations.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
interesting :wtf:
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The author of this article[^] appears to be demanding a sort of registration from anyone who uses the code, and also soliciting donations.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
I'd say no, and I've raised this with the author. He's a hostile little tick, and it's taking me all my efforts not to remove that part of the article, or remove his article altogether (yes, I can do that). I'll flag this with Chris or Sean, as I think they are so snowed that they've missed this thread.
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I'd say no, and I've raised this with the author. He's a hostile little tick, and it's taking me all my efforts not to remove that part of the article, or remove his article altogether (yes, I can do that). I'll flag this with Chris or Sean, as I think they are so snowed that they've missed this thread.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
As I have said I don't ask for donations (which is the definition of soliciting), it is up to the user if they want to or not. There are many articles on here that use paid components (that are not even open source) that are obviously posted by people who sell the product, are these also not allowed? Kris
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I'd say no, and I've raised this with the author. He's a hostile little tick, and it's taking me all my efforts not to remove that part of the article, or remove his article altogether (yes, I can do that). I'll flag this with Chris or Sean, as I think they are so snowed that they've missed this thread.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
I don't get the problem. He says it's Open Source. He won he price with the article. Let the people donate if they like to! :rolleyes:
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I don't get the problem. He says it's Open Source. He won he price with the article. Let the people donate if they like to! :rolleyes:
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Then everyone starts asking for donations and, all of a sudden, people stop coming to Code Project for their code because they see people asking for money - and the perception is, that the code is no longer free.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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Then everyone starts asking for donations and, all of a sudden, people stop coming to Code Project for their code because they see people asking for money - and the perception is, that the code is no longer free.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Then everyone starts asking for donations and ... the perception is, that the code is no longer free.
Ok, I understand that, but since years there are articles that state donation is welcome: Lightmapper[^] Digits to Charts[^] There are some more. No one ever said something against that. Instead of discussing one article there should be a general rule discussed or presented by codeproject.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Then everyone starts asking for donations and ... the perception is, that the code is no longer free.
Ok, I understand that, but since years there are articles that state donation is welcome: Lightmapper[^] Digits to Charts[^] There are some more. No one ever said something against that. Instead of discussing one article there should be a general rule discussed or presented by codeproject.
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ihoecken wrote:
There are some more. No one ever said something against that.
I certainly would if I had seen them. Like you I do not see every article that gets posted so I can only report the ones I see. If the administrators are happy with this article then that's fine with me, I am just asking for their guidance.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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As I have said I don't ask for donations (which is the definition of soliciting), it is up to the user if they want to or not. There are many articles on here that use paid components (that are not even open source) that are obviously posted by people who sell the product, are these also not allowed? Kris
i00 wrote:
I don't ask for donations
The second paragraph in your article is headed "Donations", and it specifically tells people how to donate. In my book that is soliciting for them. In the bold print before the introduction you have "Anyone wishing to use this code in their projects may do so, however are required to leave a post on this page stating that they are using this.", which is demanding. Neither of these parts of the article are in line with the general philosophy of CodeProject.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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As I have said I don't ask for donations (which is the definition of soliciting), it is up to the user if they want to or not. There are many articles on here that use paid components (that are not even open source) that are obviously posted by people who sell the product, are these also not allowed? Kris
Hi Kris, Unfortunately we do not condone donations in articles as it would set an unfortunate precedent. We've seen it a few times in the past and I've asked those authors to remove the donations sections from their articles as well. As you were able to find a couple of articles (and I'll emailing them after this), if one article exists that has donations, other authors can likewise point to it, or it encourages more to follow. Would you be willing to remove that donation section from your article? Also, we note that your download is hosted off site. We're happy to keep that link there for the "latest" files, but we do ask you to host a local copy of the source as well.
Thanks, Sean Ewington The Code Project
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The author of this article[^] appears to be demanding a sort of registration from anyone who uses the code, and also soliciting donations.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
Hi, Hm, I would assume that asking for some "registration" to alert the author that the code is being used is okay - as an acknowledgment to the author? But from what I gather - it's not really in form of the CodeProject "philosophy."
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