Gregory's Server@chickfilla @nixCraft when you post something to Stack Overflow, you are licensing it with a Creative Commons license.
This open license is explicitly meant to facilitate sharing of knowledge and does not require permission from the author.
When someone decides to release content using an open license (which is great), they can't really complain when other people take advantage of said license.
I shared several of my programs as open source software. I won't get mad if people use them.
@lazza @nixCraft Likewise, if I release my contribution out in the open and then I remove it, regardless if someone has a copy of it or not, I have the right to do so.
Nobody is arguing they shouldn't, nor that they can't. This is more about boycotting SO. Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should, and more importantly, it doesn't mean you can't be criticized for it.