[keepamovin]

> it's very hard to salvage the work into a maintained fork.

How is it hard? Just fork it.

[boxed]

Do read my article. I have a very clear example of why that actually doesn't work in practice.

[keepamovin]

I ready it before commenting actually...don't assume what you don't know, right? (it's against the rules: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ;p ;))

I agree your example is clear, I just think it's inaccurate, as in missing some perspective. My is perspective is: fork it, do your own marketing, profit. That's what I did to get where I am? Why think you have some right to someone else's work just 'cause they don't reply to you, and you can piggyback on their marketing without doing the work? That's wrong.

[prmoustache]

The fact you wrote an srticle about it doesn't mean we are all forced to agree with your conclusions and suggestions.

[boxed]

No, but it means that if you argue with me about what I say without having read it, then that makes you kinda silly.

It's also a suuuuper short little blog post. I almost always write very short stuff :P

[keepamovin]

> No, but it means that if you argue with me about what I say without having read it, then that makes you kinda silly.

Not as silly as the person who assumes they didn't read it, when they actually did ;P ;) xx ;p haha!

or you think the only way to disagree with your absolutely right ideas is to have not encountered them, because anyone encountering them can see they are unassailably right?

Come on, that's not a very good view of other people, and an overly inflated view of yourself. They must understand your ideas, just disagree. That's OK, isn't it?

Or, do you write expecting to be agreed with? Well, as you might say "that makes you kinda silly"--the internet is a diverse place!