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Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by j45 »

la64710 wrote: post #25

What is the reason for “open sourcing” this , when any meaningful implementation is locked away behind services and is closed source. I just think these kind of use cases confuses users. There is no problem in being closed source and proprietary (unless you are using preexisting open source code and open sourcing those parts of your code makes it legally compliant) . In any case it is confusing at best and misleading…

There are organizations (often not small) that will pay for a hosted and closed source solution if it is available under dual license in case it goes away.

Other organizations still, have open source only policies, or no open source at all.

Many of these applications can be in government.

It can increase the footprint.

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by matt_heimer »

fsckboy wrote: post #53
nerpderp82 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would need to use the AGPL if they want folks that self-host to release their changes.

I don't know if the page changed, but it says that it is using AGPL

They did https://github.com/heyform/heyform/commits/main/LICENSE

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by rkuodys »

I cannot quickly find the answer so maybe the project owner can share - I have a need for which apparently there is no ready-to-use product - I need to have form which is anonymous, but at the same time it should be one-time-only submit. (Like voting system).

My ideal solution would be to send unique link to each recipient and limit one submission per link. However, I as a purchaser should not be able to see who got which link, or at least, how each link voted.

Question if heyform has some implementation of the need already, because none of the well known products - Google forms, MS Forms, Typeform - support anything like that

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by thih9 »

rkuodys wrote: post #73

I cannot quickly find the answer so maybe the project owner can share - I have a need for which apparently there is no ready-to-use product - I need to have form which is anonymous, but at the same time it should be one-time-only submit. (Like voting system). My ideal solution would be to send unique link to each recipient and limit one submission per link. However, I as a purchaser should not be able to see who got…

I doubt any generic platform would support such a specific use case out of the box, especially if major providers don’t offer it.

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by frabcus »

snvzz wrote: post #74

Huge Affero (AGPL) warning. Do not touch unless you understand how the license works and want to do so anyway.

I see this as huge Affero (AGPL) praise!

It would be great if the license was used more. I'd much rather contribute to something where sharealike extends in some way across networks - software doesn't link in binaries, as the GPL does cover, as much these days.

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by heyarviind2 »

V__ wrote: post #35

This looks really nice. I assume you have looked at the alternatives and created heyform with a special feature or use case in mind? If so, could you summarize the differences between heyform and for example: getinput.co, quillforms.com or snoopforms.com?

or https://formlick.com

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by chii »

thih9 wrote: post #76
snvzz wrote: post #74

Huge Affero (AGPL) warning. Do not touch unless you understand how the license works and want to do so anyway.

Can you be more specific? In what ways exactly it is more dangerous than other open source licenses in this case?

> more dangerous

only if you intend to produce a derivative work for which you intend to sell, and thus do not want to reveal said derivative to others.

AGPL is the best license available for open source imho.

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