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wonko.com
Personal blog · wonko.com · on HN as rgroveprogrammingcareer
wonko.com is a personal blog at wonko.com about programming and career. Since 2008, 28 different Hacker News readers have linked it 33 times, most often “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link wonko.com mainly for its post on JSMin's 'shall be used for Good, not Evil' license and its removal from Google Code, which commenters cite in threads on software licenses and Google's 'Don't Be Evil'.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil9 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2010-07-08
- Why loading JavaScript over SSL from a third-party CDN is a bad idea2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-25
- /post/it_turns_out_mozy_isnt_so_hot_after_all2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-07-20
- JSMin isn't welcome on Google Code (2009)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-03
- There's more to HTML escaping than &, <, >, and " 2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-08
What Hacker News says?
It all started when Google banned all software that can not be used for Evil: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People”Submitted There's more to HTML escaping than &, <, >, and " as a story · 138 points
HN discussionI wonder how Sencha ( http://www.sencha.com/ ) feels about how the NSA is clearly using their ExtJS framework given the screenshots. I guess this kind of puts different perspective to the whole debate that came from JSMin's "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." clause ( http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code ) given that conceivably your open source framework might be a significant part o…
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'”Submitted What's happening at Yahoo as a story · 87 points
HN discussionThey signed an employee code of conduct which included "Don't Be Evil". The employee code of conduct, that they were made to sign as a condition of employment has the directive "Don't Be Evil" in it? Did Google legal review that document? Although often made fun of, there is a reason IBM legal required a license change in JSLint to get out of its "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." license clause. Heck,…
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed 'Don't Be Evil' motto”Submitted Etherpad includes banned (on Google code) software JSMin as a story · 75 points
HN discussioncrashplan is having a sale until tuesday, after that their regular prices will go up. http://b4.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl i chose crashplan over mozy, after reading some bad mozy reviews ( http://wonko.com/post/it_turns_out_mozy_isnt_so_hot_after_al... for instance) . I have the family plan and uploaded 200gb so far, their upload speeds are pretty good. The only feature I'm still waiting for, is so you can sp…
Comment linking /post/it_turns_out_mozy_isnt_so_hot_after_all
on “How I filled two dumpsters and went paperless”Submitted The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil as a story · 29 points
HN discussionThis would also appear to violate the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), clause 6, and possibly 5. http://www.debian.org/social_contract ... and there's a reimplimentation, jsmin.py: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code#comm... (Joey Hess is a long-time Debian developer).
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “JSON.org License Literally Says it "shall be used for Good, not Evil"”Submitted YUI from the outside as a story · 9 points
HN discussionJSMin was removed from Google Code because of this licence. Douglas Crockford explains the reasoning behind the license: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “JSON.org License Literally Says it "shall be used for Good, not Evil"”Submitted On Leaving Yahoo as a story · 8 points
HN discussionYou could always add a 'don't use this for evil' clause to your licences… http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code (This is not a serious suggestion)
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Open Letter From UK Security Researchers”Submitted Privnote's developers are either stupid or malicious as a story · 4 points
HN discussionNo. I wrote about my personal feelings on third-party SSL CDNs here: http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn (these are my opinions and not representative of any official YUI or Yahoo! stance on the matter).
Comment linking /post/javascript-ssl-cdn
on “YUI Library relaunches with snappy UI”Submitted Why loading JavaScript over SSL from a third-party CDN is a bad idea as a story · 3 points
HN discussionApparently this license was so perplexing for IBM laywers, that Douglas had to make a special exemption: "I give permission for IBM, its customers, partners, and minions, to use JSLint for evil." Previously posted on HN source: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “JSHint: An Community Driven Fork of JSLint”Submitted Trogdor: Burninatingly fast search using Yahoo BOSS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionPeople always talk about Google's "Do no evil" policy as being more fundamental than their other business concerns, but they've demonstrated in the past that it comes secondary. http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code The "Do no evil" policy has no use if they can't accept it into their legalese.
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Dear Google: Do no evil, or comply with the Patriot Act?”Submitted JSMin isn't welcome on Google Code (2009) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"IBM, its customers, partners, and minions " (which is the most hilarious part) see e.g.: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Don't Be a Jerk: The Open Source Software License”Submitted There's more to HTML escaping than &, , and “ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThat doesn't work at all if it is the actual wording. For point 1 you can find warranty wording in any number of open source or creative commons licenses. For the second, objectionable requires a definition. For example many would consider the US drone assassination program objectionable, and hence tar US companies and people with the same brush. Does that mean US companies and people can use the software? How many…
Comment linking /post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code
on “Show HN: What do you think of this short End User Licensing Agreement?”Submitted Why I believe in YUI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBe careful with Mozy. If you haven't done a test restore, I strongly recommend you try one now. The Mozy restore process is extremely broken and has been for years. You can read about my horrible experience with Mozy (and the horrible experiences of hundreds of commenters) here: http://wonko.com/post/it_turns_out_mozy_isnt_so_hot_after_al...
Comment linking /post/it_turns_out_mozy_isnt_so_hot_after_all
on “Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?”Submitted JSMin isn't welcome on Google Code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://wonko.com/post/sanitize Sanitize, a whitelist-based HTML sanitizer written in Ruby. Given a list of acceptable elements and attributes, Sanitize will remove all unacceptable HTML from a string.
Comment linking /post/sanitize
on “Ask HN: Regular Expression to Remove Script Tags and Their Contents?”Submitted Ruby script to retrieve and display Comcast data usage as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Yahoo Search brings Search Assist, SearchMonkey, and more to the iPhone as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Add the tools your toolbox lacks as a story · 1 points
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