Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
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#2I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll.
All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity).
Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#3I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
A GPL license might be good
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#4I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
A GPL license might be good
GPL doesn't prevent commercial usage. It requires source code to be released under the same license whenever you release a binary, though, which is what the OP might want.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#5Thoughts on using YouTube-dl as an importer of videos to the local library?
Otherwise, looks awesome! Take my money!
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#6I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
> Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
Seems like either GPL or the creative commons by-nc-sa (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) to me.
Probably the latter because the GPL allows commercializing as a website.
(Disclaimer: IANAL)
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#7I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
> encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
What I usually see happening is that they release two versions. One under GPLv3, MIT or whatever very permissive licence and a Pro version with many advanced features with a proprietary licence.
If you want to prevent forking and copying then I either suggest to keep it closed source or make sure that you maintain the best version of the app so users will have no motivation to switch to a fork and be loyal to the original creator.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#8I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.
> Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it. Seems like either GPL or the creative commons by-nc-sa ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ) to me. Probably the latter because the GPL allows commercializing as a website. (Disclaimer: IANAL)
> creative commons by-nc-sa
Creative Commons discourages using its' licenses for code: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm...
> Probably the latter because the GPL allows commercializing as a website.
If you want your copyleft to apply to over-the-network users, you want AGPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#9I also gave a short talk about some of the technology behind the app at AngularNYC Meetup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7IfU78vxw
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it. Seems like either GPL or the creative commons by-nc-sa ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ) to me. Probably the latter because the GPL allows commercializing as a website. (Disclaimer: IANAL)
> creative commons by-nc-sa Creative Commons discourages using its' licenses for code: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-comm... > Probably the latter because the GPL allows commercializing as a website. If you want your copyleft to apply to over-the-network users, you want AGPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
Two problems with the AGPL.
The first is that it doesn't really stop commercialization, it's perfectly possible to make a commercial service using open source components.
The second is that I'm of the opinion that it may fail once tested in court, basically for the reasoning laid out here [0] (not sure if the author of that is a lawyer, I've seen lawyer's express that position before though).