From 6483e05be09027a36be39257f6241e816d68564f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mjfernez Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:14:37 -0400 Subject: Poor English edits, removed condescension --- .md/about/faq.md | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to '.md/about/faq.md') diff --git a/.md/about/faq.md b/.md/about/faq.md index 18b4c37..21b2c73 100644 --- a/.md/about/faq.md +++ b/.md/about/faq.md @@ -80,21 +80,20 @@ code and I agree that there are many cases where *that* 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. - -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 *they* 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. +exercise or an off-color joke. + +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 *they* 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. *Not* everything that is *linked* to on this site falls under the same guidelines, so be sure to respect that author's copyright; I tend to -- cgit v1.2.3