Sorry to be pedantic, but since the licence forbids commercial use, the software isn't open source, but rather just source-available.
Not having read the license, for me as a private person this is more than source available no?
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#13Sorry to be pedantic, but since the licence forbids commercial use, the software isn't open source, but rather just source-available.
Hardly pendantic to point out the obvious truth. Headline is a lie
To be fair, I myself was ignorant of the difference between open-source and source-available. This whole time I thought releasing the source code under a license that restricts commercial use was just as open-source as releasing something with an MIT license.
Good to know I suppose.
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#14I like how the author used Kinopio for his “Uses This” interview: https://usesthis.com/interviews/pirijan/ And I instantly recognized that artwork from Hirō Isono: Seiken Densetsu 3 ! https://archive.org/details/seikendensetsu3sfchiresscans/Sei...
Also, "Kinopio" is the Japanese name for the Mario character that the English-speaking world knows as Toad.
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#15Here's a great podcast episode with the Kinopio author that also touches on the design of Glitch.com and more, very informing! https://www.localfirst.fm/8
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#16I love Kinopio and I really appreciate being able to look around the code and perhaps even help make it better. Hopefully, this will spur innovations and new updates.
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#17I've been following this project for a while - very excited to see this and even more excited that it is Vue!
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#18Here's a great podcast episode with the Kinopio author that also touches on the design of Glitch.com and more, very informing! https://www.localfirst.fm/8
I love that Glitch and Kinopio look like they were designed by someone with their own personal style/way of doing UI. Contrast with nearly everything else on the web.
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#19Related:
The Hybrid Architecture of Kinopio for iOS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37404820 - Sept 2023 (1 comment)
Kinopio - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31460626 - May 2022 (141 comments)
Kinopio - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29726044 - Dec 2021 (2 comments)
Show HN: Kinopio.club – visual thinking, brainstorming tool - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24132631 - Aug 2020 (64 comments)
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#20Sorry to be pedantic, but since the licence forbids commercial use, the software isn't open source, but rather just source-available.
It isn't pedantic. It is the truth.
I personally won't touch non-commercial products. Mainly because I never know if what I am doing is commercial. If I'm doing open source work, but not getting paid, but there's a company involved.
Think about improving the keyboard you are using's firmware... Now what happens if that company is grateful and sends you a prototype of the next board to help them out. You are now getting something. Is it commercial?
Why the fuck do I want to think about this. I don't. So I just don't use this type of software, and I encourage others to think of commercial as broadly as possible, when considering using it.
I use all types of licenses including straight up commercial.
But I want to be clear: Their code, their right to license it. I respect that right. And that is why I won't use it.