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Oli Mod
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There are a few problems.

  • Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.

  • Posting code on here oror Pastebin.com puts it under a qualified CC attribution-attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) unless you are the owner. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.

  • Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.

Move this stuff from Pastebin to a Github (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to make sure you're allowed to redistribute things.

There are a few problems.

  • Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.

  • Posting code on here or Pastebin.com puts it under a CC attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) unless you are the owner. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.

  • Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.

Move this stuff from Pastebin to a Github (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to make sure you're allowed to redistribute things.

There are a few problems.

  • Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.

  • Posting code on here or Pastebin.com puts it under a qualified CC-attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) unless you are the owner. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.

  • Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.

Move this stuff from Pastebin to a Github (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to make sure you're allowed to redistribute things.

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Oli Mod
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I don't think there's any problem needing to fall back on external resources where you have to. Any time somebody suggests installing something, we're essentially doing the same thing.

The key differences hereThere are your posts don't have an explicit license —where packages do— and Pastebin.com deletes anything that hasn't been viewed in 6 months which is the real problem for usa few problems.

  • Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.

  • Posting code on here or Pastebin.com puts it under a CC attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) unless you are the owner. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.

  • Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.

I'd fix both in the same way. Start a Github repo, add a license, add your scripts and change your links in your post. You've clearly an aptitude forMove this stuff and startingfrom Pastebin to a project like this might inspireGithub (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to greatnessmake sure you're allowed to redistribute things.

I don't think there's any problem needing to fall back on external resources where you have to. Any time somebody suggests installing something, we're essentially doing the same thing.

The key differences here are your posts don't have an explicit license —where packages do— and Pastebin.com deletes anything that hasn't been viewed in 6 months which is the real problem for us.

I'd fix both in the same way. Start a Github repo, add a license, add your scripts and change your links in your post. You've clearly an aptitude for this stuff and starting a project like this might inspire you to greatness.

There are a few problems.

  • Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.

  • Posting code on here or Pastebin.com puts it under a CC attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) unless you are the owner. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.

  • Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.

Move this stuff from Pastebin to a Github (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to make sure you're allowed to redistribute things.

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Oli Mod
Oli Mod
  • 297.2k
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I don't think there's any problem needing to fall back on external resources where you have to. Any time somebody suggests installing something, we're essentially doing the same thing.

The key differences here are your posts don't have an explicit license —where packages do— and Pastebin.com deletes anything that hasn't been viewed in 6 months which is the real problem for us.

I'd fix both in the same way. Start a Github repo, add a license, add your scripts and change your links in your post. You've clearly an aptitude for this stuff and starting a project like this might inspire you to greatness.