Looks great. I suggest charging more!
Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
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Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#42I 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 bit OT but seeing that it seems hard to find a license that applies to this use case, would it be possible to just define your own custom license?
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#43Earlier 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. By definition, any such license wouldn't be open source. However, as others have mentioned, putting it under a copyleft license would make it unlikely that others would do so, since they wouldn't be able to distribute their version without providing source…
Not everyone treats "open source" as a political term. The OSI doesn't have any special right to define it. Many just use it as a catchier alternative to "source available".
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People can certainly use a term in a way contrary to the expectations and definitions used by the vast majority of other people, and then they shouldn't act surprised if they're either misunderstood, called incorrect, or perhaps most importantly, called out as being intentionally obtuse and confusing and asked to stop that. Language is descriptive rather than prescriptive, but descriptive language can still call some usages incorrect when they're exceedingly likely to be interpreted differently than the standard meaning and lead to unclear communication.
Several decades ago, before open source was nearly as widespread and before there were any popular definitions, it was understandable when people use the term rather fuzzily; everyone had their own understanding of it. That's not the case anymore.
In any case, the original point would still stand if stated as "that set of goals is incompatible with what the vast majority of people who use the term 'open source' would consider 'open source'", but that would be excessively verbose, would only serve to confuse the point with a needless distraction that wasn't part of the original topic, and would in particular distract from the more important point of "here's a possible way to do what you're trying to do without that problem".
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#44Earlier 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. By definition, any such license wouldn't be open source. However, as others have mentioned, putting it under a copyleft license would make it unlikely that others would do so, since they wouldn't be able to distribute their version without providing source…
Not everyone treats "open source" as a political term. The OSI doesn't have any special right to define it. Many just use it as a catchier alternative to "source available".
This has nothing to do with OSI. This is what people understand when you say open source. Why wouldn't one say "shared source" instead of confusing others? We need to have some common understanding to these terms because otherwise everything needs to be written like the "Thing Explainer"[1].
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#45Quick related question: Is there a lightweight video player that also acts as library management tool? It seems there are either lightweight players that simply open and play files you throw at it (MPV, VLC, ...) or heavy server-client solutions like Kodi, Plex and others.
I'm looking for something inbetween. Basically VLC or MPV with a persistent library I can point to my film/tv shows folder and it will let me browse, play content, keep track of progress, etc. Is there such an app for macOS?
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#46I 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.
If I remember correctly by default a repository on GitHub with no licence means you have the full copyright. People can clone it and if you have a CLA you could accept changes, but they cannot really do anything with it. So perhaps just showing the code and not putting any open source license could work in this case?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hi Richard! It's Peter from Pingtype; we chatted on Skype a while ago. Good to see you joining HN. I've posted a couple more videos on my YouTube since then. https://pingtype.github.io Unfortunately life in Taiwan has been really hard for the last few months though, so I'm preparing to leave. Busy looking for new jobs in other countries now.
Wow, pingtype is cool! What kind of job are you looking for?
I studied electronic systems engineering, but most of my work experience has been in software.
I'm most passionate about control systems/automation, network admin, and circuit design. But I've done a wide variety of other projects (big data, web apps, device drivers, tech support and repairs for friends). I'm not good at art or marketing, so front-end design isn't for me. I'll consider pretty much anything else though.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#48Quick related question: Is there a lightweight video player that also acts as library management tool? It seems there are either lightweight players that simply open and play files you throw at it (MPV, VLC, ...) or heavy server-client solutions like Kodi, Plex and others. I'm looking for something inbetween. Basically VLC or MPV with a persistent library I can point to my film/tv shows folder and it will let me brow…
I have similar needs as well and have been trying to find a decent solution (but haven't yet.)
I never looked for macOS apps though (since I use Linux.) To be honest, there's a decent chance that you would find something for Mac. Doubt it would be cross platform though.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#49Quick related question: Is there a lightweight video player that also acts as library management tool? It seems there are either lightweight players that simply open and play files you throw at it (MPV, VLC, ...) or heavy server-client solutions like Kodi, Plex and others. I'm looking for something inbetween. Basically VLC or MPV with a persistent library I can point to my film/tv shows folder and it will let me brow…
Have a look at VLC media library
https://wiki.videolan.org/Media_Library/
It's very basic but it works