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~axionfield

I suspect you're talking about some open source you've found somewhere on the internet. I kind of write some myself. And when I think they may benefit to other people, I share them. Remember that these tools are often built to address one particular problem for a single guy in a particular context. And this guy nicely shares them with the world, for free in case they could help someone else.

But they owe you nothing.

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~euromancer wrote:

This. And if there’s software that can be run “as is”, just left-clicking it in Finder or Explorer, it doesn’t mean it’s written in a “right” way. It means that the person created it deliberately addressed it for people who just want to click and run.