GNU Parallel, where have you been all my life?

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 1:11 PM UTC

Matl wrote: post #60

throwaway277432 wrote: post #33

Is the author still adding the "cite me or pay 10000€" notice to the output? And calling that GPL? And still answering every xargs Stackoverflow question with "you should use GNU Parallel" instead of answering the question? That really gets old quickly when googling for xarg answers. These are just some of the reasons I'll never use parallel. xargs is perfectly fine for most usecases, and it can do everything I need…

If you're a startup and relicensing previously open source code under a restrictive license or doing other shady things you'll get plenty of defenders to line up to say 'hey, they have to make a living somehow', but if a single guy tries to make a living via a simple message in a widely used program all hell breaks loose. What gives?

Post by Matl » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 1:14 PM UTC

akerl_ wrote: post #61

Matl wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're a startup and relicensing previously open source code under a restrictive license or doing other shady things you'll get plenty of defenders to line up to say 'hey, they have to make a living somehow', but if a single guy tries to make a living via a simple message in a widely used program all hell breaks loose. What gives?

You'll note there are also plenty of "defenders" on this page. It turns out the community is made up of people with a wide range of opinions.

Post by 5e92cb50239222b » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 1:16 PM UTC

dsissitka wrote: post #58

throwaway277432 wrote: post #33

Is the author still adding the "cite me or pay 10000€" notice to the output? And calling that GPL? And still answering every xargs Stackoverflow question with "you should use GNU Parallel" instead of answering the question? That really gets old quickly when googling for xarg answers. These are just some of the reasons I'll never use parallel. xargs is perfectly fine for most usecases, and it can do everything I need…

It's in current Fedora's: [david@pc ~]$ echo foo | parallel echo Academic tradition requires you to cite works you base your article on. If you use programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for an article in a scientific publication, please cite: Tange, O. (2023, July 22). GNU Parallel 20230722 ('Приго́жин'). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8175685 This helps funding further development; AND IT WON'T COST…

  > Tange, O. (2023, July 22). GNU Parallel 20230722 ('Приго́жин').

Post by Matl » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 1:19 PM UTC

throwaway277432 wrote: post #33

Is the author still adding the "cite me or pay 10000€" notice to the output? And calling that GPL? And still answering every xargs Stackoverflow question with "you should use GNU Parallel" instead of answering the question? That really gets old quickly when googling for xarg answers. These are just some of the reasons I'll never use parallel. xargs is perfectly fine for most usecases, and it can do everything I need…

Post by akerl_ » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 1:20 PM UTC

Matl wrote: post #64

akerl_ wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll note there are also plenty of "defenders" on this page. It turns out the community is made up of people with a wide range of opinions.

Of course, but HN does tend to have a lot more patience for scrappy startups that scrappy lone, non-commercial devs from what I can observe. The question was rhetorical, I know that this place is frequented by quite a lot of people who wish to be part of the next YC batch, so they see themselves in the shoes of the startup, rather than the solo dev. Still, I don't think it should be this way.