Source First License 1.1: https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay/-/blob/master/LICENSE.md

This is a non-open source license. They were claiming to be open source at one point, but they’ve listened to the community and stopped claiming they were open source. They are not trying to be Open Source™.

They call themselves “source first”. https://sourcefirst.com/

They’re trying to create a world where developers can make money from writing source first software, where the big tech oligarchy can’t just suck them dry.

  • qweertz (they/she)@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Every time this licenses comes up I have to repeat myself: It’s “open source washing” at it’s fines, trying to sell proprietary (freeware) software as something open

    From an old comment of mine:

    that’s the thing though, it strips you of the options the four essential freedoms provide.

    and imo it’s not rly an argument. Libre software is free as in freedom and not necessarily free as in beer. You could license it under the (A)GPL, charge for downloads in the Play store or for compiled binaries on ur website and ask for donations on F-Droid.

    You could even do a freemium version where some features are locked in the binaries you distribute and need a license from ur website or smth (for those who don’t want to use Google Play). (iirc SD Maid 2/SE does this)

    sauce

    E.g. the QT project (which I don’t particularly like) is dual licensed, making it both Foss that ppl have to contribute back to and viable as a for-profit