Question thread #3

[pauamma]

It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer.

Comments

[denise]

The stuff that's in dw-nonfree is basically the stuff that either a) we cannot legally redistribute (stuff where the licensing says that we can use it, we just can't redistribute it, and putting it in dw-free for other people to use is redistributing) or b) stuff that is part of our unique branding (the Tropospherical Red/Purple site schemes, our logos, etc). There's also some stuff in there that refers to DW-specific setup: the suggestions generator (posts to a specific DW comm that might not exist on other sites), some places on the site where we refer to DW specific comms (like the hook I mentioned earlier), some bits of our account structure (although most of the paid vs premium paid division is very "baked in" to the code, we do make at least a token effort to assume that other sites might have other account structures) -- stuff like that.

[chagrined]

Thanks again for more explanation! :)

[denise]

Anytime! No question too big, no question too small.