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Why is any informational discourse regarding anything not strictly OSI-style open source immediately removed by moderators in this community? How can we expect people to educate themselves through censorship instead of public discussion? I'm looking for an open source licensing strategy for my own startup company and discussing the do's, don'ts or even perception of different licenses and strategies seems highly important to the community to me. I could understand if it was actively promoting something 'bad' or wouldn't mind having clear tags or disclaimers that underline what is or isn't strictly OSI but it feels a bit too rigorous right now ๐Ÿ˜•

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True. The best way to piss off users is by enforcing vague rules, or making up a new rule to ban a discussion.

Instead it is best to leave a comment saying the current post will stay up but a new rule will be added and future similar posts will be deleted.