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[Fab-user] Thank you for choosing a known free-software license
Ben Finney
2014-04-03 10:37:37 UTC
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Howdy all,

I have just discovered ESLint, and am impressed with the focus and
philosophy of the project, and the emphasis on good style and
correctness.

The lack of a free software ECMAScript linter has been painful for a
while. The JSLint and JSHint tools are *not* free software. Their
license terms include a well-intentioned but completely ambiguous,
easy-to-twist condition which leaves the recipient completely in the
dark as to what actions would be judged to violate the license
conditions.

So I am very pleased to see ESHint released under the widely-understood
free-software terms of the Expat (MIT) license. Thank you!

Because ESLint is unambiguously free software, I hope to see this in
Debian soon; do you know if anyone is working on this?
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`\ confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation |
_o__) prize.” —Robert Hughes |
Ben Finney
Jeff Forcier
2014-04-03 18:19:16 UTC
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I think you may have the wrong mailing list? This one is about
http://fabfile.org which isn't linting or JavaScript related :)
Post by Ben Finney
Howdy all,
I have just discovered ESLint, and am impressed with the focus and
philosophy of the project, and the emphasis on good style and
correctness.
The lack of a free software ECMAScript linter has been painful for a
while. The JSLint and JSHint tools are *not* free software. Their
license terms include a well-intentioned but completely ambiguous,
easy-to-twist condition which leaves the recipient completely in the
dark as to what actions would be judged to violate the license
conditions.
So I am very pleased to see ESHint released under the widely-understood
free-software terms of the Expat (MIT) license. Thank you!
Because ESLint is unambiguously free software, I hope to see this in
Debian soon; do you know if anyone is working on this?
--
\ "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect |
`\ confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation |
_o__) prize." --Robert Hughes |
Ben Finney
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Ben Finney
2014-04-03 21:18:28 UTC
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I have just discovered ESLint […]
Wrong forum. Sorry for the noise, folks.
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Ben Finney
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