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0 pointsTomte11mo ago0 comments

For whatever reason. It was the original title and is descriptive. Are the mods having a bad day?

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I'm not sure, maybe they don't want to take a hard stance on the issue either way (to indicate how open source is defined on HN). Dang has been receptive to input and updated (what I believed to be) misrepresenting "open source" titles in the past though.

This post also seemed to be thrown off the front page for some reason.

tomhow11mo ago

It's customary on HN to avoid a repetition of a topic that's already being actively discussed. The original post is still on the front page and the licensing issue is being heavily discussed there. I've linked to your post from that thread.

TomteOP11mo ago

Sure, but the title change is strange. I'd even say changing the meaning makes it outrage bait in the first place, because now HN has taken a stance, where before it was just the article author's opinion.

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ssddanbrown11mo ago

Ah, okay, thanks for explaining and cross-linking!

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ZeroTalent11mo ago

Maybe they bought SPY calls yesterday

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