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Re: Show HN: HTTP Prompt – An interactive HTTP command-line client

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Post by joemccall86 » Sun, Apr 02, 2017, 9:14 AM UTC

Interesting. Reminds me of rest shell from a few years back. https://github.com/spring-projects/rest-shell

Re: Show HN: HTTP Prompt – An interactive HTTP command-line client

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Post by amelius » Sun, Apr 02, 2017, 11:15 AM UTC

samb1729 wrote: post #10

udkl wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of always commenting to resolve the ambiguity around the 'Free' in FOSS I feel we should instead use a different term. Say 'Modifiable'/'Liberal' Open Source Software ?

'Libre' may be the term you're looking for

Is that even an English word?

Re: Show HN: HTTP Prompt – An interactive HTTP command-line client

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Post by udkl » Sun, Apr 02, 2017, 5:00 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #22

samb1729 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Libre' may be the term you're looking for

Is that even an English word?

"Libre /ˈliːbrə/ is a loan word in English[citation needed], borrowed from French and Spanish, used to describe something as being "free", in the sense of "having freedom" or "liberty". It is used in English to distinguish the two meanings of free: free as in freedom (libre) from free as in free of charge (gratis). Another sample is common: Free as "Free Speech", not as "Free Drink"!" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libre_(word)

But then the acronym will be 'LOSS' ..... enterprise managers would think twice before considering it ;).

Re: Show HN: HTTP Prompt – An interactive HTTP command-line client

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Post by darkarmani » Mon, Apr 03, 2017, 9:16 AM UTC

eliangcs wrote: post #20

toomuchtodo wrote: post #14

I think I'd rather just donate to the httpie developer to extend it to achieve this functionality.

Would you rather do that because of the AGPL licensing? I ask because you don't have to donate or pay to use this tool unless you want to use the latest features earlier.

BSD license is a lot friendlier. If one is gaining experience with the codebase, it seems more useful to get experience with the BSD codebase, since one can then use that codebase in projects.