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Dec 20, 2011 at 16:09 comment added MDMarra @David Votes on meta don't add/subtract from rep on purpose. Voting here is agree/disagree as opposed to useful+correct/wrong on main. If you ever want more clarification than a meta post brings (or if you even want to discuss something like this that is off-topic on main) come to Server Fault Chat. There are dozens of regulars and we discuss this kind of thing (and plenty of other off-topic stuff) throughout the day.
Dec 20, 2011 at 16:06 comment added Mei Thanks for the discussion - and the notes. Keeping a site like these "on-topic" has got to be a real challenge - and is needed. I never posted to Meta but was worried about rep. Thanks for the nice ending note.
Dec 20, 2011 at 16:02 comment added MDMarra "Now that the Operating System Distributor License for Java is being retired and Ubuntu Linux is pulling Java from all repositories, what does it mean for Diablo from FreeBSD?" - If you're asking what will FreeBSD do, that's too localized for this site. Contact them. If you're asking how the retirement of the license potentially effect distribution, then that's both open-ended and about licensing. Either way, it should be closed. Please don't take closings personally. It's how we keep the site relevant, useful. and on-topic. Everyone's had something closed/deleted at some point.
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:59 comment added Mei This is not about a license. It's about a software installation. I could understand if I asked Which license should I get? or Is this the right number of licenses? This question is not about a license at all - but about whether a piece of software will be available or not.
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:49 comment added MDMarra All that said, you might want to commit to area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/3527/software-law if you feel like there should be a place in the network for software licensing questions (since that place isn't Server Fault).
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:47 comment added MDMarra Luckily for us, that same logic isn't applied to random subjects without any thought or consideration. Like @voretaq7 said - Licenses are legal docs. We aren't lawyers. As for the comment, it is +12. The question itself is +36/-8 and the topvoted answer is +23/-1. People are still clearly in favor of the question. I also wonder how many of those +12 are from people in a similar situation to you. I.E. not knowing that licensing questions are off-topic for SF and then being upset that your question was closed.
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:42 comment added Mei The post mentioned above had a comment (second most up-voted comment!) that said this, in part: Essentially this is making the subject of licensing a taboo subject on SF. If the same logic is applied to other subjects, SF would cease to be a useful resource.
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:38 comment added Mei This makes it sound like all I have to do is utter the word license and the question is closed. This cannot be as not all questions about licensing will be of that type: for example, how about: How do I research my licensing options?
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:19 comment added MDMarra Still sounds like a discussion question to me. And that question is meant to be Canonical. It's what all licensing questions are to be closed as a duplicate of, since we don't deal with licensing questions here. I take that to mean licensing in any way, whether it's the purchase of license, or answering questions about GPL compliance, BSD compliance, or anything else.
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:13 comment added Mei This wasn't about licensing - none of the topics mentioned in that other question was what this was about. More specifically, my question was: Will Diablo Java disappear from FreeBSD like Sun Java did from Ubuntu and Red Hat?
Dec 20, 2011 at 15:08 history answered MDMarra CC BY-SA 3.0