snipsnap comment without login patch

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For the impatient:  
[Patch for SnipSnap 1.0b2-uttoxeter](snipsnap-comment-without-login.patch)  
[SnipSnap 1.0b2-uttoxeter source](ftp://snipsnap.org/snipsnap/snipsnap-1.0b2-uttoxeter-20050204-src.tgz)  
[Ant](http://ant.apache.org) (needed to build SnipSnap)

[Patching FAQ](http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Merging-with-patch.html)

I originally used [SnipSnap](SnipSnap) as the web server for this site, and I loved
it. However, my single biggest gripe with SnipSnap is that it requires you to
register before you can comment.

I want to do everything possible to encourage people to comment. If they have to
jump through the account creation hoops for yet another site before they can
comment, chances are they won't. So, I wrote a [patch](snipsnap-comment-without-login.patch) to allow visitors to
comment without logging in.

The patch applies cleanly against
[SnipSnap 1.0b2-uttoxeter](ftp://snipsnap.org/snipsnap/snipsnap-1.0b2-uttoxeter-20050204-src.tgz).
To use it with an existing SnipSnap installation, download the
[SnipSnap source](ftp://snipsnap.org/snipsnap/snipsnap-1.0b2-uttoxeter-20050204-src.tgz),
apply the patch, and build SnipSnap with [Ant](http://ant.apache.org). Then copy
the newly rebuilt `snipsnap.jar` into your SnipSnap's `lib/` subdirectory, and
copy `snipsnap-servlets.jar` into your application's `WEB-INF/lib/`
subdirectory, over the existing jars. Restart SnipSnap and you should be good to
go!