christianbundy/octotree
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13 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 1 story, 12 comments · first 2020-10-31 · latest 2020-12-08
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…lides.com/adamretter/are-we-still-open-source [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24953821 [2]: https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1
comment by j1elo · 2020-12-08 · in We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 -
https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by deng · 2020-11-01 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
And from the latest comment on this issue ( https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom... ): It seems that the project switched from MIT to AGPL around 2016, so all the contributor commits before that doesn't matter.…
comment by logimame · 2020-11-01 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…They apologized for being dismissive, thanked people, and discussion has become much more civil. https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by jml7c5 · 2020-11-01 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…the case, not trying to suggest he should do something, just checking my understanding.) [0] - https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by OJFord · 2020-11-01 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
They have now reverted to AGPL. I'm glad they didn't decide to die on that hill. https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by gilrain · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…with 30 LOC, one with 10 LOC, and the remaining 12 contributors average less then 4 LOC each. [1] https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by ckastner · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…lie. The minified JavaScript has tons of 1:1 copies of the AGPL code, clear as day (example: https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom... ), and the maintainer is deleting any comment that mentions the clear evidence.
comment by jhardy54 · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
Yep, lots of them are still the most recent author according to git-blame too: https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom...
comment by jhardy54 · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…intertwined with the current codebase, which is a derivative of those contributions. Example: https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1#issuecom... If the maintainer wants to remove the AGPL without copyright infringement, I…
comment by jhardy54 · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…informative now that the maintainer nuked the thread. :/ I've started a new GH discussion here: https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1
comment by jhardy54 · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code -
…has decided to suppress this conversation via censorship, I thought I'd move the discussion here." https://github.com/christianbundy/octotree/issues/1
comment by CharlesW · 2020-10-31 · in Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-licensed code