Talk:Never Gonna Give You Up

Isn't it the CC0 license violation? --Blashyrkh (talk) 14:29, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Is deletion really necessary?

Why can’t the page just be replaced with “A Never Gonna Give You Up program is a program that outputs the lyrics to Rick Astley’s song” or whatever without giving any examples? I mean, it seems to be a legit program type. hotcrystal0 23:14, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Isn't it kind of a boring program form, though? The reason that 99 bottles of beer is interesting is because it is well-suited to be implemented with a loop. Corbin (talk) 23:20, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

There’s already enough references on the wiki right now, so it’s either recreate the page or scrub every reference to it. hotcrystal0 23:25, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Done! There's a few references left which are in pages that need to get deleted too, but the editing part is finished. Thanks for your help with the cleanup. Corbin (talk) 00:01, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Additionally, are languages whose specifications contain outputting the lyrics considered copyright violations? hotcrystal0 23:39, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Possibly, but that's the problem of the languages' creators and not of this wiki. --Blashyrkh (talk) 23:40, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

I mean, everything published on this wiki (whatever it is: language specification, a part of an interpreter source code, expected program's output) must not violate the license. You as an author MAY buy rights to use copyrighted work but it doesn't allow you to publish it here. Here (this wiki) is a public domain. --Blashyrkh (talk) 23:44, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

That brings up a pretty valid point, but it does raise implications, though those are better explained on Esolang talk:2026 topicality proposal. hotcrystal0 23:52, 20 June 2026 (UTC)