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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)
submitted 5 months ago by skilledtothegills to c/technology
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A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.

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[–] autonomoususer 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

We still have no legal right to use, change and share its source code, control it both ourselves and in groups. It's still anti-libre software.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Anything that may help develop better adblockers/paywall bypasses or exposes how/what of our personal information is collected is a win in my book. And this may very well be none of those things.

[–] autonomoususer 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They only exist when we keep them relevant and we already know we can't prove it's private but if it helps some people, that's good.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 4 points 5 months ago

Just seeing how something is approached helps.

I sometimes rebuild software from one language to another for practice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Very few care about licenses unless the use of such material can be proven, and good luck with that