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Is questioning the philosophies of the FSF, OSI, CC, etc. allowed here?

V2BlastStaffMod

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Tour => Allowed or denied? Getting help in selecting software for a given task. Allowed to ask? Or against site rules?

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V2BlastStaffMod

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modified yesterday

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4 answers

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modified Apr 6 at 7:50

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Are questions about project organisations and their processes welcome here?

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MadHatterMod

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2021: a year in moderation

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JNatStaffMod

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How do we feel about people asking for off-site contact?

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MadHatterMod

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modified Jan 3 at 9:27

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How should the [open-source] tag be used?

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Mureinik

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modified Sep 17, 2021 at 21:22

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1 answer

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No [programming] questions here!

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified Jul 10, 2021 at 20:06

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1 answer

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About asking the team searching question on the opensource SE site

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MadHatterMod

37.8k

modified Apr 19, 2021 at 7:33

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Would the question "what if the license is refused" be on-topic?

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Anonymous Coward

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modified Apr 18, 2021 at 7:21

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2020: a year in moderation

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JNatStaffMod

101

modified Jan 21, 2021 at 13:25

3 votes

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Refining question to not be a duplicate - status of old version control revisions wrt licensing

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MadHatterMod

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answered Jun 17, 2020 at 7:51

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How can I make my closed question on-topic?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

answered Jun 1, 2020 at 19:38

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Is it time for a list of canonical questions?

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curiousdannii

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modified May 19, 2020 at 3:58

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Are source-available licenses off-topic?

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MikeBeaton

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answered Apr 16, 2020 at 18:03

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2019: a year in moderation

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Shog9

101

modified Jan 3, 2020 at 4:23

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Don't we get a "2019: a year in moderation" post?

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Shog9

101

answered Jan 1, 2020 at 17:50

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I found a question that contains an answer that is weak and/or may be wrong. Should this question/answer be moderated somehow?

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Trevor Boyd Smith

101

modified Nov 22, 2019 at 14:48

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Perceived inconsistency between question closing argumentation and help center topic specification

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answered Oct 14, 2019 at 22:16

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2019 Community Moderator Election Results

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MadHatterMod

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modified Oct 2, 2019 at 10:11

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2019 Community Moderator Election

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified Oct 1, 2019 at 22:37

6 votes

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102 views

Announcing a Pro Tempore Moderator election

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified Oct 1, 2019 at 22:37

6 votes

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How technical can questions about forking a FLOSS project get?

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answered Jul 17, 2019 at 6:03

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Has Open Source Stack Exchange Failed?

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Nicolas Raoul

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modified Jun 7, 2019 at 12:08

8 votes

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Do we need clarification of "Open Source" in the help page?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

answered May 20, 2019 at 21:56

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How do I ask for a license recommendation?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified May 20, 2019 at 21:34

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How to request the formation of a wiki?

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amon

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answered May 15, 2019 at 20:59

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Would this question about motivation for open source work be on-topic here?

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amon

33.2k

answered May 1, 2019 at 8:51

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Can I put my inventions here?

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Mureinik

3,767

answered Feb 14, 2019 at 7:12

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Can I quote parts of a GPL license?

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amon

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answered Feb 2, 2019 at 17:22

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Can we please stop downvoting off-topic and duplicate questions?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

answered Jan 13, 2019 at 1:01

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2018: a year in moderation

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CommunityBot

1

modified Jan 1, 2019 at 4:51

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Delete duplicate questions

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Mureinik

3,767

modified Nov 7, 2018 at 6:35

3 votes

1 answer

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How do we feel about answers presented as comments?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified Oct 26, 2018 at 14:27

3 votes

1 answer

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Copy-pasting old Stack Overflow questions

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apsillersMod

30.9k

modified Sep 11, 2018 at 16:04

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Question about choice of a crowdfunding site

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Mureinik

3,767

modified Aug 9, 2018 at 8:54

1 vote

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Is it ok to take suggestion on an opensource project idea?

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apsillersMod

30.9k

answered Jul 20, 2018 at 18:01

4 votes

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Was I wrong to roll back this edit?

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MadHatterMod

37.8k

modified Jul 19, 2018 at 14:51

8 votes

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Thanks to Mnementh! Also, what?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

answered May 16, 2018 at 10:17

11 votes

3 answers

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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement

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CommunityBot

1

modified May 14, 2018 at 15:45

3 votes

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Is 'zealot' not nice?

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ArtOfCodeMod

8,700

modified May 2, 2018 at 21:35

0 votes

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Please re-open question "Does anyone curate a list of boilerplate terms-of-service?"

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CommunityBot

1

modified Apr 19, 2018 at 11:33

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New tag: [developer-certificate-of-origin]

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Mureinik

3,767

modified Apr 11, 2018 at 7:52

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Reason to close "how to" question?

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Mureinik

3,767

modified Jan 20, 2018 at 5:39

2 votes

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Broken link to SE's main page on the side bar

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Mureinik

3,767

asked Dec 13, 2017 at 6:47

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On-topic here? "Should I contribute to a (kind of) abandoned project, or continue my own?"

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Zizouz212

6,229

answered Jun 6, 2017 at 3:26

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