Timeline for Should licensing questions be closed?
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| Dec 16, 2011 at 8:24 | comment | added | user11604 | I've yet to be convinced that these questions should be closed. Why can't members of SF who have knowledge in this field be allowed to answer? I wouldn't disagree that ultimately the question should be answered by the vendor, as the SF community might occasionally give bad advise, but does this not apply to every single question raised on SF? | |
| Dec 23, 2010 at 3:12 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | I've come back here after seeing yet another flurry of licensing questions and am now of the opinion that while your "Closed because..." might be a bit too specific perhaps we should have a somewhat more general option, such as "Closed because this question should be asked of the vendor". | |
| Oct 14, 2010 at 3:01 | vote | accept | John Gardeniers | ||
| Aug 24, 2010 at 16:07 | comment | added | Chris S | For most licensing questions, like the example, they should be closed as too localized. The circumstances surrounding the licensing question are simply not relevant to the Internet community at large (usually). Some questions however can be answered by people around SF, and are generic enough to be of use to the community. I do agree we could use a nice write up thoroughly explaining "contact the vendor because your situation is probably too unique to be useful to other people". | |
| Aug 16, 2010 at 12:57 | comment | added | ThatGraemeGuy | THIS --> Maybe all licensing questions should be closed as exact duplicates of a single "Who should I talk to about software licensing questions?" question with an accepted answer <-- THIS | |
| Aug 7, 2010 at 8:21 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | Yes Evan, you really need all those extra votes. Seriously though, you do have a knack for this kind of thing and I for one would be happy to see you write something suitable. | |
| Aug 7, 2010 at 5:39 | history | answered | Evan Anderson | CC BY-SA 2.5 |