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rubin55 commented on DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds   github.com/stenzek/duckst... · Posted by u/rubin55
db48x · a month ago
It’s also worth noting that this isn’t really free software. It uses a Creative Commons license with the noncommercial and no derivatives clauses. At best it is “source available”; you cannot distribute any changes that you make or adapt it for use on systems not anticipated by the author.
rubin55 · a month ago
He unilaterally changed the license and claims he rewrote the GPL parts: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/playstation-1-emulator...
rubin55 commented on DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds   github.com/stenzek/duckst... · Posted by u/rubin55
rubin55 · a month ago
The relevant cmake file does this btw:

    if($ENV{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} MATCHES ".*archlinux.*")
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported environment.")

rubin55 commented on DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds   github.com/stenzek/duckst... · Posted by u/rubin55
rubin55 · a month ago
This is a repost with a better target url, previous submission here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44727438
rubin55 commented on DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds   github.com/stenzek/duckst... · Posted by u/rubin55
rubin55 · a month ago
dang: could you rewrite/change the url? I think the commit link I shared is a better target for this.
rubin55 commented on DuckStation author now actively blocking Arch Linux builds   github.com/stenzek/duckst... · Posted by u/rubin55
rubin55 · a month ago
The line link failed. It's line 38:

"Refuse to build in Arch package environments. My license does not allow for packages, and I'm sick of dealing with people complaining about things broken by packagers. This is why we can't have nice things."

    if($ENV{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} MATCHES ".*archlinux.*")
        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported environment.")
    endif()
Relevant commit: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/30df16cc767297...

rubin55 commented on Show HN: XPipe, a shell connection hub for SSH, Docker, K8s, VMs, and more   xpipe.io/... · Posted by u/crschnick
rubin55 · 6 months ago
Hey, I just wanted to congratulate you with a very impressive release, the software looks amazing, and I think I will give it a try pretty soon. A question: I see only subscription pricing; is a lifetime licence possible, or a licence like the way jetbrains does it (you pay for version, and maintain the right to keep using the version that was available when the license/subscrition expires, you can re-activate any time).

I'm particularly interested in this "field". I've build something similar many moons ago [1], in the same spirit, but much more primitive. I later started a company around an evolved idea, where the structure you sort of see in your screenshots is effectively a DAG with arbitrary depth (we didn't manage to release it unfortunately, complexity overtook us).

In any case, much congratulations + good luck with the launch!

[1]: https://github.com/raaftech/session

rubin55 commented on Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech   berthub.eu/articles/posts... · Posted by u/lhoff
tsimionescu · 10 months ago
Is there a single example of multiple vendors selling support for the same open-source piece of software, where I can just hire a different vendor if I no longer like my current one, without changing anything major in my operations?

You could say that Canonical and IBM RedHat compete on offering Linux support, but the reality is that it's not that much harder to switch from RHEL to Ubuntu than switching to any other OS, so I don't think this counts.

rubin55 · 10 months ago
Actually yes; SuSE sells support [1] for RHEL, Ubuntu LTS, and SuSE itself). Quotes: "SUSE Liberty Linux consolidates support for your entire Linux environment, including CentOS, RHEL and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) distributions" and "Our world-class support team is trained to assist your entire mixed Linux estate — not just SUSE solutions."

[1]:https://www.suse.com/c/embrace-linux-diversity-simplified-mu...

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