Lest we forget, “He needed killin’” was a successful defense against a murder charge in Texas, once upon a time.

Probably something that could be dns blocked. Hopefully anyway.

Depends on how hard you scratch! lol

I put it to you that ideals may constitute a scratchable itch.

I suppose the thing is, I personally wouldn’t care much if anyone else used it or not, my itch has been scratched. If someone else finds it of use, great! If they need changes, they’ve got the code and can get crackin’ on it themselves. Or, they can pay me to do it if we can agree on a price. Outside of that I have no expectations.

As I understood it, one of the foundations of open source development is scratching your own itches, then putting what you made up for grabs in case it scratches someone else’s. There shouldn’t be any expectation of support on your part beyond an email or two. The code’s out there if they want to scratch the itch a different way. It’s kind of a homesteader ethic.

Baseball bats are easier to explain. Just keep a glove and a baseball next to one in your backseat or trunk. “Yeah officer, I like to go play down at the park with my friends.”

Big Fight Club moment.

I call it Xitter, using the Chinese pronunciation of Xi.