On: Rails is a Ghetto (retracted)

[andrewl-hn]

Oh, I just noticed at the bottom of the archived page: 'Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.'

The new Zed's blog doesn't have a CC reference, BTW

[jerf → andrewl-hn]

You really shouldn't CC-license things blindly. They are useful, but not appropriate in all circumstances. I see no reason to CC-license your blog posts. (Copyright gives you no control over ideas and fair use means people can quote you in most circumstances quotes are useful, so you're not really giving anything useful away anyhow.)

[wmf → jerf]

I think CC licensing on blogs (or email) is a form of conspicuous production, a way of signaling that you're part of the CC movement.