LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
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LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
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Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#2Begging open source projects to stop with the libre convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#3Begging open source projects to stop with the libre convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
That's like asking a EU product to not be named Euro-{product}.
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#4Begging open source projects to stop with the libre convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
One example that really sticks in my mind was "Libreboot". Yes, it's supposed to represent a free BIOS/booting system. But it also sounds like the name of a library dedicated to rebooting your computer.
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#5Haven't used LibreSprite but Aseprite, from which it forked, has been an enormous boon to me, for pixel arting it definitely fits my habits and abilities much better than anything else I tried (GIMP, Krita, GrafX2, actual DPaint, Digipaint...).
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#6This looks like Aseprite. Aseprite is already open source and you can get it for free, all completely legal. The only caveat is that you need to compile it yourself (which takes 2-5 shell commands). I think this is more than fair, but ripping off Aseprite is not so much. Their license also strictly prohibits that behavior.
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#7This looks like Aseprite. Aseprite is already open source and you can get it for free, all completely legal. The only caveat is that you need to compile it yourself (which takes 2-5 shell commands). I think this is more than fair, but ripping off Aseprite is not so much. Their license also strictly prohibits that behavior.
The history section of the repo clears it up [0]
> LibreSprite originated as a fork of Aseprite, developed by David Capello. Aseprite used to be distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2, but was moved to a proprietary license on August 26th, 2016.
> This fork was made on the last commit covered by the GPL version 2 license, and is now developed independently of Aseprite.
Also I am not really sure if you can convince me that this is a open source license: https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/main/EULA.txt
Not that it is a unreasonable license, but it is not open source.
[0]: https://github.com/LibreSprite/LibreSprite?tab=readme-ov-fil...
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#8Begging open source projects to stop with the libre convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
LibreOffice ?
Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#9Re: LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
#10Begging open source projects to stop with the libre convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
At least they signal that the project is open and free. What about projects using "Open" but they aren't? (See: OpenAI)