Subj : Re: Synchronet vs. Mystic
To : JAS HUD
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue May 10 2022 04:02 pm
> DW> I once had to change the javascript source to get the news program to do
> DW> something that IREX did. I did not submit it upstream because I did not kn
> DW> how at the time. I also didn't now how to code javascript but was able to
> DW> figure it out.
> well i dont know if you can count changing the javascript as modifying source.
> is it? i'm sure nick will say the opposite of whatever my opinion is.
I would look at it this way... it was javascript that controlled one of the
features of the system (the newserver) that likely would not have been
there to change if the project was closed source. If it had turned out to
be part of the C source, I could have tried to modify it there also.
> then i had a script that tracker helped me on that deletes users based on
> whatever criteria you you want. that is useful sometimes. right now i leave
> all that stuff alone and let the bbs run.
That sounds like it could be useful if one wanted to be able to do so.
Mike
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