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Weird, they're all working for me.


Thanks, they just started working again for me too.

I have no idea what happened. For about 15 minutes I was getting github 404s for all github pages.


Is it just me or does this logic not make sense? You put a lot of effort in -> you get good at it -> you become passionate about it. How do you choose what to put effort into? Answer: what you're passionate about.


This is awesome guys, great work. One quick nitpicky thing that I don't think has been addressed yet: In Safari after the cancel button has been clicked, clicking the button fades in, then out, and in again before you can enter anything. Edit I'm using Safari 5.1, doesn't seem to happen in 6.


Wow, literally every single post.


It's not my app, I just thought it looked pretty cool. I don't see a price tag anywhere either.


There's no pricing modell right now as this is an alpha release to get to know if the users like this concept and to have more users testing it.

There will be a premium modell in the future but in the first step, we want to reach beta status having all features on board.


I understand that, but not having any idea if this will be a freemium or a full paid app, and at what price range, will severely limit the potential interest. I, for example, am not going to rely on something that could become too expensive for my use of it ;)


I was hoping the creator was reading here - too bad if he's not ;)


Now I do :-). See my post above.


That's your only reaction?


Actually, my reaction as well. I was thinking that this was going to be a piece on how to copy well (re: "Good artists copy; great artists steal").


I'm actually a bit surprised by the reactions here. Since when is css copyrighted? Where are the numerous lawsuits against Pinterest "clones" for having a grid layout etc.?

Sure, it's a shame, but css, like html and javascript, is not a protected source. It's run client-side. Would you rather just receive a image/png from websites?

EDIT: I know someone who've experienced something very similar (with css prefixes obviously referring to his site rather than the microsoft.cn clone).


Works authored in CSS, HTML and JavaScript are all protected by copyright. Lawsuits for code theft, including in webpages, happen all the time. Ask any web host, they have to take down pages after getting DMCA copyright infringement notices about stolen HTML all the time.

Grid layouts, pinning images, etc. are ideas. Ideas are not protected. The concrete implementations of them are. You can clone Pinterest, but you can't do it by stealing their JavaScript and CSS files. You have to write your own.


Just because you can read the source doesn't mean it isn't copyrighted.


Right, but it doesn't mean it's copyrighted either.


Yes, it does. In the US, all copyrightable creative works (which includes CSS files) are copyrighted by default as soon as they are created. The system is opt-out, not opt-in.


In fact, there's not even an opt-out. You can just create a permissive license. There is no authoritative way to release a work into Public Domain.


Exactly. In the US.


Hmm, you do have a point. It seems that Malaysian and Indian law are what we need to know here, since that's where the two parties are based.


Indian copyright law is the same. Copyrightable works are copyrighted by default.


Actually it does - Copyright protection is automatic.

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#protect


>Since when is css copyrighted?

Is that a serious question?


Having something open source doesn't remove the copyright, it just permits usage. Likewise in this situation. While you can see the source, it doesn't mean that you can just copy the source and use it yourself as it is copyrighted and the creator can choose to let others use their work as they see fit.


hahahaha


Started a curated ecommerce site for vinyl lovers that's been profitable since day 1: http://vinylloop.com/


Great site! How do you think vinyl lovers are different from other niches? Do they spend more money?


My apps are finally back up, how's everyone else doing?


things seem to be working for me, but Heroku seems a little off still. I got an error when I tried to view my app logs though, which is a little scary


I wish there was a quick link to an example.



Hi! I am the author of the plugin. Thanks for the issue. Creating an example for you guys right away :)


Too slow. Pull request submitted :)


Request accepted. Thanks :)


Thanks for the lib.


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