[hesarenu]

Maybe they should not redirect users to observable when clicking on d3js examples.

[jwilber]

Why? It’s free software and a free OSS library. Be thankful examples even exist at all.

[jiofih]

That’s not really the spirit of open source. Sharing, not charity.

This is about taking something that already existed and repurposing it for a commercial venture.

[jwilber]

I’ve done a lot of open source and don’t get where you’re going.

What was repurposed exactly? Blocks? A deprecated service that nobody volunteered to take over, despite messages asking for that?

Something else?

Was it free before? Is it still free?

[jiofih]

I was answering to “you should be happy you’re getting anything at all”. That’s not a healthy perspective for anyone.

[jwilber]

Okay. You misquoted me but that’s alright. If you’ll address the actual point:

What was repurposed? Was it free before? Is it free now?

[hesarenu]

What does free have to redirect to another project. At minimum it should redirect to github examples page.

[jwilber]

It redirects to live d3 examples. Free documentation that you can interact with.

That’s like saying someone redirecting documentation to codepen is “redirecting to another project.”

“At minimum” - your entitlement is truly ridiculous. There is no “at minimum” - it’s all free ffs.

[hesarenu]

It does not need to redirect to observables. It could have lived in d3js itself. I am not sure if i can copy paste it to a html/js page and run.

“At minimum” - your entitlement is truly ridiculous. So just saying a link to github is now not tolerated!

[jwilber]

Hey I’m not sure what you mean. E.g. “ It could have lived in d3js itself.” doesn’t make sense.

Documentation does exist on GitHub.

Everything in observable is bonus.