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Perhaps, the author can be forced to pick a license? Right now it defaults to CPOL.
I've often had people contact me and ask me if I could change the license from one of my articles to a different license. I usually just reply back granting them rights to use the code under the license of their choice. For most people that sufficed as the email's date overrides the original license for their specific use.
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Member 9733820 wrote: when every imaginable flavor of licenses has already been written
Because they suck.
Member 9733820 wrote: This means that if the author of a piece of code you are using at some point
decides that your use of it is "improper" ...
That is an incorrect interpretation. It has nothing to do with what the author finds improper and everything to do with what the authorities find improper -- it protects the author from the authorities.
modified 15-Jan-13 23:57pm.
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I totally agree that the CPOL is a first-class, well thought-out, license that fits CodeProject like "glove on hand." And, since CP posters have other optional licenses: what's the issue here.
There is one word in the COPL license, however, I do think has a "dangerous" ambiguity: that word is "improper." I would like to see that replaced with either a word, or a "clause," that makes it explicit to whom "improper" applies to, under what circumstances.
"Immoral" is another word that can have infinite intepretations: "immoral," to whom: to the Amish; to the Muslim Brotherhood; to the students at Jerry Falwell's Christian University; to PETA ?
Anyway, all this palaver is probably just a "tempest in a teapot," (at the Mad Hatter's tea-party ?); and, CodeProject remains "The Golden Goose," for me 
yrs, Bill
"What do humans depend on: words ! We're suspended in language: we can never say what's up: or, down. We must communicate experience and ideas, but in ways that do not become ambiguous, and lose objectivity.
For parallels to quantum theory: we must turn to psychology, or to paradoxes thinkers like Buddha and Lao Tzu illuminated, examining reality, as both observer, and actor, in human life's small-scale micro-cosmic drama."
Niels Bohr, 1937
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Bill, as always, a well thought out argument. However, it's important to realise that the use of improper and immoral are not personal interpretation issues. They are used here as legal terms, and are intended as protection for both Code Project and the authors. What they are really saying is that if the derived work you do, with my code, can be deemed to fall foul of things such as local morality laws (for instance), then only you are responsible. In other words, it protects authors from being pursued over works that they had no real part in developing.
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Thanks for that clarification, Pete; I was not aware of the "stricter" legal construal of those terms.
yrs, Bill
"What do humans depend on: words ! We're suspended in language: we can never say what's up: or, down. We must communicate experience and ideas, but in ways that do not become ambiguous, and lose objectivity.
For parallels to quantum theory: we must turn to psychology, or to paradoxes thinkers like Buddha and Lao Tzu illuminated, examining reality, as both observer, and actor, in human life's small-scale micro-cosmic drama."
Niels Bohr, 1937
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Ok, ok, so this is going to seem a bit anal retentive...so bite me! 
Why are the styles for QA and the rest of the site different?
If you have the QA list in one browser tab, and the home page, or lounge in another, then flick between them, the QA menu and it's dividing line are a couple of pixels higher.
Worse, (and why I noticed in the first place) the font used in QA is bigger than that for the others - even if I make sure they are both at the same zoom factor by pressing CTRL-0 on them both.
Seems odd, that's all.
Chrome 23.0.1271.97
Interestingly, the two menus are aligned in IE9...fonts are still different though.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Now it's been brought to my attention it is really bugging me. 
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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Sorry about that!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Still a problem now? (I've been playing)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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The positioning is now fine! Ahhhhh.... 
I assume the QA font is larger for a reason? (Though I can't imagine what that might be. )
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Excellent, I can sleep easy now. 
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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Message Removed
modified 10-Jan-13 14:02pm.
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Hi CP,
As we are not having the voting system in general discussion forums, so the posts will not get a downvote for sure.
But my Debator points is now Under Water -18, which was 29 (as far as I remember) yesterday.
As voting is not there, is there any other way in which general forum posts get downvoted?
Thanks,
Tadit
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Tadit Dash wrote: is there any other way in which general forum posts get downvoted?
Yup - simply click the report flag and choose to report as spam or abusive. This option is being overused to my mind.
To check whether this is the case, look at your reputation history. If anyone has voted this, you should see an entry telling you, and it should link to the message that was down voted. (Note, I haven't actually checked to see if this is what the reputation history does, it's just a logical guess based on knowing how Chris works - the reputation system doesn't bother me enough for me to go and check this out).
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Thanks for the quick reply @Pete.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: To check whether this is the case, look at your reputation history. If anyone has voted this, you should see an entry telling you, and it should link to the message that was down voted.
Yes I know this functionality, but unfortunately there is no entry in reputation history pointing this downvote. And that's why I got the doubt, when I found no entry for that.
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It may be a possibility that Chris has performed a rep-point recalculation. I remember in the past that this causes the numbers to fluctuate somewhat to account for deleted messages, etc.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: (Note, I haven't actually checked to see if this is what the reputation history does, it's just a logical guess based on knowing how Chris works - the reputation system doesn't bother me enough for me to go and check this out).
I do believe your not bothered, especially with debator points ( although I would personally be proud of your article/Q&A points as they are hard earned.) But you are starting to sound like JSOP use to.
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The only ones that interest me are my article votes. They are the ones I'm proudest of, and I don't need to go into the reputation system to find out what my votes are (very handy), as they represent achievement rather than any form of lounge based popularity. The articles are technical achievement.
[Edit]Oh yes, and I'm proud of my blog entries too. You've found my ego point - my articles.
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No points were harmed in the Correction.
We had a bit of code. A tiny bit of code. It ran something like
if Points > 0
Set RepPoints = Points.
This was meant to be a sanity check, but insanity is the norm and people can actually have negative points. I removed the "> 0" check and updated those members who actually have negative points so they, in fact, have negative points.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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That's ok, but if there is no voting system now, how can be the point 29 comes to -18.
And another thing is it is not increasing from that instant. I am posting messages here since yesterday, but the Debator points seems unaffected. 
modified 11-Jan-13 1:28am.
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There was voting. Lots of it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Oh ok Chris. Thanks for the information.
But don't you think that we should get an entry in Reputation History or is that the thing you are working on?
And is there an issue with the individual points showing in Profile page?
Because the Debator Points still showing -18.
Also the same issue with Editor Points.
If you think these are bugs, then look at them, otherwise please ignore, as others think that I am the person who is obsessed by Reputation, which is not true.
Thanks...
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Tadit Dash wrote: But don't you think that we should get an entry in Reputation History
I'm not sure what you mean. You do have entries in your rep history - these are what, when added up, give you your negative point total.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yes, there is a page whose title is "Reputation History for Tadit Dash", in which all the reputation points change is mentioned.
I am asking if somebody downvoted any message of mine, and the point reached to -18, then that action should appear in that list, isn't it?
And the individual points in the profile [^] page also not increasing for Debator, Editor. It is showing the old values.
I think you understand my queries. If any question, please ask me. 
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