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Re: [Fab-user] Thank you for choosing a known free-software license
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Jeff Forcier |
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Re: [Fab-user] Thank you for choosing a known free-software license |
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Thu, 3 Apr 2014 11:19:16 -0700 |
I think you may have the wrong mailing list? This one is about
http://fabfile.org which isn't linting or JavaScript related :)
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Ben Finney <address@hidden> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I have just discovered ESLint, and am impressed with the focus and
> philosophy of the project, and the emphasis on good style and
> correctness.
>
> The lack of a free software ECMAScript linter has been painful for a
> while. The JSLint and JSHint tools are *not* free software. Their
> license terms include a well-intentioned but completely ambiguous,
> easy-to-twist condition which leaves the recipient completely in the
> dark as to what actions would be judged to violate the license
> conditions.
>
> So I am very pleased to see ESHint released under the widely-understood
> free-software terms of the Expat (MIT) license. Thank you!
>
> Because ESLint is unambiguously free software, I hope to see this in
> Debian soon; do you know if anyone is working on this?
>
> --
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> `\ confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation |
> _o__) prize." --Robert Hughes |
> Ben Finney
>
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Jeff Forcier
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