Why was that done? I specifically responded to a comment. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		bmitc on Dec 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the... Why was that done? I specifically responded to a comment.

dang on Dec 26, 2021 [–]

I listed 5 reasons why we do that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27132402. In this case I think it was a combination of (2) it was a step into more generic discussion and (5) the thread was top-heavy and we were trying to prune it.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact