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Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by sqs »

Sourcegraph CEO here. We have large enterprise customers using Sourcegraph and are excited to release it publicly (with source code) so anyone can start using Sourcegraph for their team's code.

Feedback is much appreciated!

More info at the announcement blog post (https://sourcegraph.com/blog/133554180524/announcing-the-sou...) and at https://sourcegraph.com.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by sqs »

Somasis wrote: post #4

What on earth is that license?

Sourcegraph CEO here. :)

We released Sourcegraph under the Fair Source License (https://fair.io/), which we worked with a well-known open-source lawyer to draft.

TLDR is that it lets us create the best product for developers by having a sustainable business.

Full info at https://fair.io:

> Fair Source allows companies to both share a product’s source code and charge for that product. Releasing a product’s source code makes it more valuable to customers by enhancing extensibility and building trust. With open source, releasing the full source code and charging for the product is virtually impossible. Fair Source makes doing both possible.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by vitno »

Somasis wrote: post #4

What on earth is that license?

https://fair.io/

It's made by them as well. It most certainly is not libre/free software. I'm guessing it has minimal legal ability to stand up in court. It is a bastardization of what open source is about... really it's more of a disclosed source setup.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by Somasis »

sqs wrote: post #5
Somasis wrote: post #4

What on earth is that license?

Sourcegraph CEO here. :) We released Sourcegraph under the Fair Source License ( https://fair.io/ ), which we worked with a well-known open-source lawyer to draft. TLDR is that it lets us create the best product for developers by having a sustainable business. Full info at https://fair.io : > Fair Source allows companies to both share a product’s source code and charge for that product. Releasing a product’s source c…

You would be better off selling services akin to what GitLab does for sustenance.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by trashcan »

sqs wrote: post #2

Sourcegraph CEO here. We have large enterprise customers using Sourcegraph and are excited to release it publicly (with source code) so anyone can start using Sourcegraph for their team's code. Feedback is much appreciated! More info at the announcement blog post ( https://sourcegraph.com/blog/133554180524/announcing-the-sou... ) and at https://sourcegraph.com .

Do you plan to add support for multiple languages in one repo? Or does that already exist?

I tried using it on a project I contribute to (https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/mattermost/platform) and it seems to fail to work.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by koko775 »

sqs wrote: post #5
Somasis wrote: post #4

What on earth is that license?

Sourcegraph CEO here. :) We released Sourcegraph under the Fair Source License ( https://fair.io/ ), which we worked with a well-known open-source lawyer to draft. TLDR is that it lets us create the best product for developers by having a sustainable business. Full info at https://fair.io : > Fair Source allows companies to both share a product’s source code and charge for that product. Releasing a product’s source c…

> If I modify the source code, can I redistribute my modified version under the MIT License? Separate but related question about the Fair Source License: If I modify the source code, can I redistribute my modifications under the MIT License?

The difference being, of course, that one would redistribute the original code under the FSL and so the work as a whole would remain licensed under it.

Re: Sourcegraph: self-hosted Git service with semantic code navigation/search/review

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Post by billybofh »

sqs wrote: post #2

Sourcegraph CEO here. We have large enterprise customers using Sourcegraph and are excited to release it publicly (with source code) so anyone can start using Sourcegraph for their team's code. Feedback is much appreciated! More info at the announcement blog post ( https://sourcegraph.com/blog/133554180524/announcing-the-sou... ) and at https://sourcegraph.com .

It seems to want to take my email address so you can email me 'stuff' - and also I need to use OAuth2 via your site for... something? I'm afraid I've given up on it after about three minutes :-/ Our servers aren't connected to the internet so this kinda fails the 'self hosted' test for us...
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