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diff --git a/about/faq.html b/about/faq.html index 9db881f..a4ead4a 100644 --- a/about/faq.html +++ b/about/faq.html @@ -257,20 +257,18 @@ code and I agree that there are many cases where <em>that</em> is the preferred option. But it doesn't make sense for me; at least not for a homepage like this. I'm not sure about other people, but most of my ideas are not my own; they come from reading a history book or doing a -textbook exercise or an off-color joke. So without getting on a soapbox, -I guess you can say the idea of "intellectual property" never made too -much sense to me in general.</p> -<p>I get that people have to get paid. I get that people are afraid of -someone else taking credit for their work. But for this site at least, I -guess I just don't really care. If someone really finds some way to -profit of some random guy's Linux tutorials and unqualified thoughts on -the world I honestly think <em>they</em> deserve the credit not me. I -have no idea how I'd do that; I'm not sure I'd even want to waste my -time with all the marketing nonsense of the modern web. And on the -second point, if someone "steals" my work it's not exactly hard to -figure out it was published here first--a Google search will prove that. -But even if that weren't the case, I still wouldn't mind. I'd be glad -that this stuff is useful at all. That would be a nice surprise.</p> +textbook exercise or an off-color joke.</p> +<p>So for this site at least, I guess I just don't really care. If +someone really finds some way to profit of some random guy's Linux +tutorials and unqualified thoughts on the world, I honestly think +<em>they</em> deserve the credit not me. I have no idea how I'd do that; +I'm not sure I'd even want to waste my time with all the marketing +nonsense of the modern web.</p> +<p>And on the second point, if someone "steals" my work it's not exactly +hard to figure out it was published here first--a Google search will +prove that. But even if that weren't the case, I still wouldn't mind. +I'd be glad that this stuff is useful at all. That would be a nice +surprise.</p> <p><em>Not</em> everything that is <em>linked</em> to on this site falls under the same guidelines, so be sure to respect that author's copyright; I tend to link stuff that is generally pretty free to use, |