Maybe if you release it someone will clean it up. That seems like a good outcome. I have belonged to several organizations where we had a rule that if you complained about something an unpaid volunteer did you were implicitly offering to take it over.
Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien [email protected] http://google.me/+kevinobrien http://www.google.com/profiles/Ahuka5656 http://about.me/zwilnik “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 4:16 PM Ken Fallon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I had a conversation with Alan Pope on mastodon about fixing some issues on > the HPR website. He makes the valid point that if we don't release the code > (because it's a mess), then it's not actually open source. > https://mastodon.social/@popey/108476716097169705 > > Cruel but fair. Cruel but fair. > > I contend that it would be crueler to release the current code due to the > risk of eye damage that could occur. > > So how to proceed ? I suggest we eliminate the problem by eliminating the > code. > > My intention has always been to have a massively multiplayer online mirroring > service where anyone can have a complete instance of everything. With a > combination of git, and rsync anyone would have everything needed to host > their own complete version of the site. > > We would still need to maintain the LAMP stack for the reservations and the > processing workflow, but that code is a lot easier to sanitize and publish. > > The site itself is made up of 3 parts > > Static pages, like header, footer, howto's etc > Dynamic pages derived from the Database > Media, audio, video etc > > The media and show notes are covered under the Creative Commons License. > > I would suggest releasing the code under the AGPL v3 or later, and publish it > to our repo on https://repo.anhonesthost.net. > > Thoughts ? > > -- > > Regards, > > Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN) > https://kenfallon.com > https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
