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Grayjay is not Open Source
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this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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One can certainly argue it's not "open source" so much as "source available", but I don't think it's that controversial.
They're providing a product, and obviously don't want other people slapping their name on it and selling what they worked hard to make. Their license makes it easier for them to enforce that.
They also obviously don't want people creating malicious forks of their program, like what keeps happening with NewPipe. So their license also makes it easier for them to enforce that.
If you want to encourage more companies to make their source code available, then maybe we shouldn't shit on those that are.
Plus, per Rossman's own words, you don't even have to buy Grayjay for it to work, it'll just ask you, ala Winrar. Give them a break.
That's the whole argument. It can be a very nice and useful product, but just don't say "it's open source"
If you read into the blog post this links to, you'll find that is only the opening argument, not the whole argument as you say.
My first paragraph reacts to that... and to be honest, I'm still going to say isn't that controversial.
When most people think of Open Source, they're not thinking about the OSL, they're thinking colloquially (as in the source being open to the public). I suspect he was using that wording colloquially as well - whether that was a slip up or intentional, I don't know, but considering he goes out of his way to let us know about the way Grayjay's licensing works, I don't think he's trying to hide anything by it.
The rest of what I said afterwards was my first reaction towards the rest of the blog, and I stand by it.