On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 09:45:26PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:31:08 -0500, Steve wrote in message
> <20170225203108.2838a110@???>:
>
> > On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:34:50 -0500
> > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
> >
> > > And speaking of bookmarks, each browser seems to jealously hang on
> > > to its bookmarks, unless perhaps another browser manages to sneak in
> > > like a thief and import them. Is this the way browsers cement their
> > > grip on users? Isn't there any way of setting up bookmarks
> > > so that multiple browsers and other tools can use them?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Using a very simple tab-indented outline that I maintain with
> > VimOutliner adorned Vim, plus a conversion app, I have hundreds of
> > bookmarks, organized just the way I want them. If I want to change the
> > organization, I do some cutting and pasting on my outline and
> > recompile. Every browser I use has a link called "littlinks", and
> > clicking it brings up my link hierarchy. In the past I've even tweaked
> > my desktop's Apache so any computer within the house could pull up my
> > links page at http://192.168.100.2/littlinks. On any browser,
> > including elinks.
> >
> > I did this for the exact reason you state: To keep my bookmarks from
> > being held hostage by particular software.
> >
> > If a lot of you want this, I'll slap a free software license on it and
> > release it.
>
> ..make it GPLv2, v3 is too kind on violators. ;o)

How is v3 kinder on violators? As far as I know, it has a lot of
restrictions to forbid various kinds of abuse.

And to reach maximum availability for various forms of reuse, please
if you want to use GPL2 or 3, use GPL2+.

I'd be happy with a freeer license, too. There. a word with three
consecutive e's!

-- hendrik

>
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > February 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
>
> --
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> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
> Scenarios always come in sets of three:
> best case, worst case, and just in case.
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