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I woke up an Silicon Valley has really become an Evil place. What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil"?

We really need to change.

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> What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil"?

The kool-aid wore off and everyone realized it never had any meaning to begin with.

"Don't be evil" - a command not a mantra.

It all started when Google banned all software that can not be used for Evil: http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code

People keep bringing this link up every time, but obscure the actual reason that was done: it puts the developers depending on the library in legal jeopardy. Licenses like "Do Whatever The Fuck You Want To" [0] are in the same boat.

Redhat also stopped including JSMin for the same reason. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455507

Thanks, but my comment was entirely in jest.

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