How would that work? And how easy would it be to circumvent? Anubis probably forces spinning up a browser or something that supports a JS runtime (again probably a browser), so it’s not as easily scriptable as just callling an HTTP endpoint. I’m curious how you would implement a system without JS.
That just looks like an Apple clone. Why do people think that’s “user friendly”?
Thank you for sharing Post Open. I like that idea. We need a solution to companies just leeching off of opensource projects and not contributing back. It looks like a good initiative.
Kiwi Farm? What a innocent name for such a terrible group of people. This is why anonymity online is important. Hopefully Asahi Lina wasn’t actually doxxed and her taking a step back is just a precaution. Pity that good work is being interrupted due to some trolls.
As an example: a company starts a free tier offering with no promises. It can sustain that because there are enough free users that convert into paying users - enough to sustain the free tier. But times change and the cost of free tier users surpasses that of paying users. Should the company continue providing the same level of service for free tier users?
Also, what other term than entitlement would you use for somebody gets something for free, is not promised that it will stay free forever, the free offering is cancelled or limited, and the user starts complaining?
This is the text is suggested to be added
## Open Source Maintenance Fee
This project requires an [Open Source Maintenance
Fee](https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/). While the source code is
freely available under the terms of the LICENSE, all other aspects of
the project--including opening or commenting on issues, participating in
discussions and downloading releases--require [adherence to the
Maintenance Fee](./OSMFEULA.txt).
In short, if you use this project to generate revenue, the [Maintenance
Fee is required](./OSMFEULA.txt).
To pay the Maintenance Fee, [become a Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/<YOURORGNAME>).
The EULA template can be found here. This is the part I find important
- Conflicts with OSI License
To the extent any term of this Agreement conflicts with User’s rights under the OSI License regarding the Software, the OSI License shall govern. This Agreement applies only to the Binary Release and does not limit User’s ability to access, modify, or distribute the Software’s source code or self-compiled binaries. User may independently compile binaries from the Software’s source code without this Agreement, subject to OSI License terms. User may redistribute the Binary Release received under this Agreement, provided such redistribution complies with the OSI License (e.g., including copyright and permission notices). This Agreement imposes no additional restrictions on such rights.
I think it’s a good attempt, but I’m not sure how it can be enforced. It would also need to be applicable to different jurisdictions. The project maintainer would have to know that somebody requesting a feature, commenting or participating in discussions is doing so in the name of the company 🤔
Thank you for sharing this. It’s food for thought.
Is this dude complaining that an offering he pays absolutely nothing for is reducing how much free stuff they give out? Seems quite entitled… like the people demanding opensource devs implement something and never contributing back.
Let’s say there’s a group of people in your hometown who like dogs. They will talk about dog thing this, dog thing that, probably something local. Now you travel to another town and they too have a group that likes dogs. They will talk about dog things too, but probably it’ll be different dog things that are also specific to their location.
You have the option to join both dog communities without physically traveling from one town to another. You can even choose not to join a dog group in another town that only like to talk about dog fighting for example.
There is no “tech savvy” required here. You signed up in a town that has communities there, you can see communities from other towns, and you can choose to join them all, some, or none. It’s up to you.
There must be a tool that allows you to build packages for multiple systems in multiple formats (deb, rpm, nix, flatpak, snap, etc.). Does that not exist? After 20 years of these systems existing, somebody must’ve tried…
Also, it’s clear that once again, open source needs some kind of funding model, because it’s a little crazy that a project like this can get so popular so fast, the dev flooded with praise, thanks, and issues but not money to maintain and develop it.
Anti Commercial-AI license