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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ebits21@lemmy.ca to c/python@programming.dev
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Previously LGPL, now re-licensed as closed-source/commercial. Previous code taken down.

Commercial users pay $99/year, free for personal use but each user has to make a free account after a trial period.

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[–] bmaxv@noc.social 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@ebits21 #PySimpleGUI #python #opensource

🎢 Another bites the dust. 🎢

Moves like this are a bit... strange? It was on github. There are 1.8k forks, with intact LGPL. What is happening here? Is their dev work worth 99$/year ? Not saying people don't deserve to get paid for their work. I'm just not seeing the business case for this.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How else do you expect their time to be paid for?

Donations?

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

Hey, A lot of people spent their precious free time to look at your project, test it out, and talking about it to their colleagues. How are you going to pay us for wasting however many minutes or hours of time spent on your supposedly open source project before you did the bait-and-switch?

(By "you" I meant the developer.)

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's quite entitled and dishonest to expect free beta-testing, marketing, and clout from the use of FOSS as a shortcut for your product.

If you are sincere then you should know what you are getting into when you create that license.txt with LGPL terms on it.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's quite entitled and dishonest to expect free beta-testing, marketing, and clout from the use of FOSS as a shortcut for your product.

Either show us where they voiced this expectation, or stop talking out of your ass.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

The entire FOSS community works for very little compensation. You're not special. Read the fucking room. A lot of people spend their free time building cool shit to share with the community. You're a prick if you think that you're in the right calling people in the FOSS community entitled.