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Should a question about a bug in software be answered or closed when the bug is fixed?
To give you a specific example, I have asked this question, but then realized it must be a bug in the software and created this bug report. The bug was quickly fixed, but the question itself remains ...
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Superuser FAQ note about "websites and web services" is unclear?
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Superuser website applications policy
I recently had a question on Superuser closed:
https://superuser.com/questions/104025/is-there-any-free-forum-software-that-supports-...
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Super User website applications policy
I recently asked this question on Super User, and a big discussion arose on appropriate questions. The issue came down to the new verbiage in the FAQ:
I had figured that the websites line was just ...
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Is the subject of software licensing now off-subject?
My question is about the closing of the post
Should the code of my app that include libraries under LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c have to be public?
I have encountered and answered on this site ...
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Super User website applications policy
I recently asked this question on Super User, and a big discussion arose on appropriate questions. The issue came down to the new verbiage in the FAQ:
I had figured that the websites line was just ...
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Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted?
I just asked a question about how to remove DRM from Kindle books that I had purchased and it was promptly closed by the moderator studiohack with the following comment:
We don't encourage this ...
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Official policy for editing code in answers?
In another Meta discussion about suggested edits, Mokubai♦ posted the following:
With code related edits if I do not know what the edit is doing or if
it changes the output of the code in ...
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Questions about bypassing or circumventing network security
I have seen a number of questions on how to bypass network security. I was wondering if superuser (or stackexchange) had a policy or stock answer about this?
As a regular kind of user, I can ...
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Procurement vs hardware compatibility
There is a problem specific to Canada that needs some consideration on SU.
Until relatively recently (2003), all Prime Ministers ("Presidents") had come from Quebec -- for 43 out of 50 years. As a ...
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What is the policy on duplicate answers?
In the question
how do I echo $something >> file.txt without carriage return?
which was asked and answered about a month ago, a new answer has been submitted which is essentially a duplicate (...
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Do questions on software's "terms of use" belong on SU?
Do questions on software's "terms of use" (what you need to click agree and accept... to install software), belong on SU?
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SuperUser TOS and site content for informative talks
The Terms of Service has two clauses about site content. The first expressly prohibits any and all use of site content. And, the second states portions of site content are made available as archives ...
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Legal basis for restriction of discussions?
A recent discussion of policy here left me wondering about the legal reasoning behind it.
On any computer-related forum, there will sometimes be questions related to usage that may violate the EULA. ...
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