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baduhai@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
This is pretty cool, I remember when you guys released it under the name crackpipe. For the record I really liked the name.
What’s the reason you chose to use a CC license? Why not any established open source license? Even Creative Commons themselves recommend using the GPL instead of CC for software.
alfagun74@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well first of all im not a lawyer and i really liked the simple terms and conditions of the CC License compared to the usual ones for code. The terms literally fit in a 160x20px image. Also our product is not open-source by definition. That link is an interesting blog-post i made about that topic. You should definitely check it out, if you’re interested.
baduhai@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I also find it absolutely hilarious that you were considering monetising a product named Crackpipe. Not sure how successful you’d be at that.
alfagun74@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was side-eying GIMP i guess. Didn’t work for us though. 😅
baduhai@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Thanks for linking the blog post. I may not agree with the conclusion you’ve come to, but I think you’ve done a good job at laying your arguments.
alfagun74@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Thank you for understanding. It was honestly a hard decision to make and i really respect every single open-source-developer out there, from the bottom of my heart. But having talked to them i really realized the cruel truth in this capitalist world is most of them have a hard time keeping the lights on using their work. It’s really a bummer.
Dave@lemmy.nz 7 months ago
Have you looked at things like Photoprism that have an open source free base product and then a modified license covering the subscription features?
alfagun74@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, but if you get my point, you’ll see that I aim to safeguard our work from being used for profit by someone that did not contribute anything to it. As for the subscription features we’re thinking about for the future, my idea is to let users tweak the source code for their own needs without any charge and the license perfectly fits these needs.