Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source • Hacker News Board

Re: Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source

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Post by cheesie » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 1:48 PM UTC

rovr138 wrote: post #36

randoramax wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's with open source but not free software What do you mean?

Open source does not have to be free. For example, you buy the software and with it you also get the source code.

>Open source does not have to be free.

If we're using the common definition that everyone in the industry uses, then it actually does.

In fact, Open source was coined in 1998 because we needed a term with a precise and well defined meaning.

I don't know anyone who uses the term open source in the way you describe.

Re: Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source

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Post by cheesie » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 1:51 PM UTC

joshred wrote: post #46

dragonwriter wrote: post #42

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So, it's source-available, not Open Source.

If you say so...

Open source has a well-defined industry-standard definition:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Re: Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source

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Post by gwittel » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 2:39 PM UTC

I bought Sourcetrail a few years ago. It’s been highly useful in diving into large, unfamiliar projects. Thank you! I hope the open model works for you. I know the cost stopped some of my co-workers from buying it.

For others, I suggest giving it a try. The only issues I’ve run into is when a project has a build setup that won’t work on your machine. It still works, you just can’t dive as deep.

Re: Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source

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Post by app4soft » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

McKayDavis wrote: post #3

The site seems to be having intermittent connection issues due to the HN hug-of-death. In the meantime here's their Github repo: https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

And binary builds already available in releases section[0]

[0] https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail/releases

Re: Sourcetrail, interactive source explorer, is now free and open-source

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 4:22 AM UTC

cheesie wrote: post #51

rovr138 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open source does not have to be free. For example, you buy the software and with it you also get the source code.

>Open source does not have to be free. If we're using the common definition that everyone in the industry uses, then it actually does. In fact, Open source was coined in 1998 because we needed a term with a precise and well defined meaning. I don't know anyone who uses the term open source in the way you describe.

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