Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
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Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#2What is this BS? Can't run it without allowing access to the internet? It says license missing? I thought this was open source?
Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#3Looks cool but I am not sure how I feel about silent updates and possibility of running arbitrary code on my computer. (probably with admin priviledges) [0]
edit: also eula is strange as this is licensed with MIT license (according to GitHub source):
You must not: - Reeingineer the internal workings of the HappyMac app - Copy and redistribute the HappyMac app in any form or shape [1]
[0] https://github.com/laffra/happymac/blob/master/src/version_m...
Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#4Looks cool but I am not sure how I feel about silent updates and possibility of running arbitrary code on my computer. (probably with admin priviledges) [0] edit: also eula is strange as this is licensed with MIT license (according to GitHub source): You must not: - Reeingineer the internal workings of the HappyMac app - Copy and redistribute the HappyMac app in any form or shape [1] [0] https://github.com/laffra/hap…
Correct. The source is licensed with MIT license. The downloadable version from happymac.app has a different EULA. That said, the intent was to avoid people copying the app, so the EULA has been changed to now replace the two lines you quoted with: You must not: - Copy and redistribute the HappyMac app under the same or similar name
Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#5Looks cool but I am not sure how I feel about silent updates and possibility of running arbitrary code on my computer. (probably with admin priviledges) [0] edit: also eula is strange as this is licensed with MIT license (according to GitHub source): You must not: - Reeingineer the internal workings of the HappyMac app - Copy and redistribute the HappyMac app in any form or shape [1] [0] https://github.com/laffra/hap…
Of course, your concerns are valid on what installed apps can do on your machine. For HappyMac, the updates are stored in ~/HappyMac, so you can always verify what the app does. In contrast, a lot of applications perform truly silent updates, including Chrome, Firefox, etc. The admin privileges are not automatic obtained by HappyMac, but only obtained when you explicitly provide them...
Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#6What is this BS? Can't run it without allowing access to the internet? It says license missing? I thought this was open source?
You are correct, HappyMac is open sourced at https://github.com/laffra/happymac. The license check error should simply have been a log statement. Please reinstall the app from https://happymac.app to get an updated version. As this is open source, you can also build your own version from the github sources, of course.
Re: Show HN: HappyMac – Make your Mac happy again
#7what does this do?