PSA: Mlem is not open-source

3 years ago by organicfarm to c/mlemapp

Mlem is licensed under the Commons Clause, which prohibits commercial use, even though the project advertises itself as "open source".

The maintainers have refused to accept PRs that change the wording to "source-available", edited comments and locked threads about the topic:

shinjiikarus 11 points 3 years ago

Genuine questions: what are your fears about these definitions? Are the mlem developers using community contributions unfairly and gaining money off of other people‘s work under that license? Is the current definition worse than Apollo + Reddit (both proprietary as far as I know) for the consumer?

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afoutopatisa 2 points 3 years ago

I don't have a problem with this, but would be interested to hear why this choice was made. Going strictly by Stallmanism / FOSS purists, CC is considered "non-free" (https://www.gnu.org/...).

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Zeth0s 2 points 3 years ago

It anyway doesn't claim license is not "open source", just not free. That is very different. Source is open, cannot be freely utilized

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afoutopatisa 1 point 3 years ago

That is correct. I'm OK with them using "open source" as it's valid.

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KintsugiUwU 1 point 3 years ago

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Rules

Keep it civil.
This is a forum for discussion about Mlem. We welcome a degree of general chatter, but anything not related to Mlem may be removed at moderator discretion. This is not a forum for iPhone/Android debate. Posts and comments saying nothing but "iOS bad/I use Android" will be removed as off-topic.
We welcome constructive criticism, but ask that it be both precise and polite.

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When will insert feature here be implemented?
- Check our issue board--if there isn't an issue open for the feature you want, feel free to open an issue or make post! Just remember that devs are people too--we're doing this for free in our spare time, and building a quality app takes a lot of patient work.
Is Mlem available for Android?
- No. Mlem is written using SwiftUI, which is not currently supported on Android. If such support becomes available, we will look into bringing Mlem to our Android friends.
How do I join the beta?
- Click here to sign up
How do I join the dev team?
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