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ssddanbrown commented on Dokploy is the sweet spot between PaaS and EC2 nikodunk.com/2025-06-10-d... · Posted by u/nikodunk

ssddanbrown · 4 months ago

Just as a warning the licensing of Dokploy is a little complex/questionable, which I've documented here [1] and queried with the project here [2].

[1] https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/dokploy/

[2] https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/discussions/3

ssddanbrown commented on Huawei releases an open weight model trained on Huawei Ascend GPUs arxiv.org/abs/2505.21411... · Posted by u/buyucu

gkbrk · 6 months ago

Weights are available on gitcode [1].

[1]: https://gitcode.com/ascend-tribe/pangu-pro-moe-model

ssddanbrown · 6 months ago

Just a warning, the license [1] specifically blocks EU use:

> 3. Conditions for License Grant. You represent and warrant that You will not, access, download, install, run, deploy, integrate, modify, or otherwise use the Model, directly or indirectly, within the European Union.

[1] https://gitcode.com/ascend-tribe/pangu-pro-moe-model/blob/ma...

ssddanbrown commented on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n... · Posted by u/ssddanbrown

ZeroTalent · 9 months ago

Can you name some?

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

I've been sustaining myself for a couple of years now on my open source project (BookStack). Still going in a positive direction.

Other than that, some that come to mind: Proxmox, Opnsense, SnipeIT, GitLab, Canonical, Codeweavers/wine, Plausible, Home-assistant/open-home-foundation/NabuCasa, FreeBSD Foundation, Laravel, Blender, Godot.

Within there is a whole mix of business plans, some offer hardware, some are open core, some offer related paid services, some offer hosting, some offer support etc...

ssddanbrown commented on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n... · Posted by u/ssddanbrown

tomhow · 9 months ago

It's customary on HN to avoid a repetition of a topic that's already being actively discussed. The original post is still on the front page and the licensing issue is being heavily discussed there. I've linked to your post from that thread.

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

Ah, okay, thanks for explaining and cross-linking!

ssddanbrown commented on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n... · Posted by u/ssddanbrown

Tomte · 9 months ago

For whatever reason. It was the original title and is descriptive. Are the mods having a bad day?

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

I'm not sure, maybe they don't want to take a hard stance on the issue either way (to indicate how open source is defined on HN). Dang has been receptive to input and updated (what I believed to be) misrepresenting "open source" titles in the past though.

This post also seemed to be thrown off the front page for some reason.

ssddanbrown commented on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n... · Posted by u/ssddanbrown

redkoala · 9 months ago

Open source licenses as they exist today aren’t sustainable to run a business. We’ve seen with the cloud providers how easy it is to launch a competitor if you don’t have protective licensing. Gumroad’s licensing is still small business friendly and protects another Gumroad clone from being launched.

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

I would argue it is possible to run a business and be sustainable on open source, it's just harder and is not so compatible with the growth that many want.

I don't have an issue with this kind of license being used where open source does not suit, but I don't think we should change/widen the definition of "open source" to suit the sustainability needs of those that open source isn't compatible with, at the impact of the freedoms and open rights it provides.

ssddanbrown commented on Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n... · Posted by u/ssddanbrown

ameliaquining · 9 months ago

Note that the HN submission's title was changed to "Gumroad’s source is available" after it was screenshotted for this post.

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

Additionally, this submission's title was changed from "Gumroad Did Not Become Open Source Today" to "Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source"

Posted by u/ssddanbrown 9 months ago

Gumroad’s license wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source danb.me/blog/gumroad-is-n...

ssddanbrown commented on A powerful free and open source WAF – UUSEC WAF github.com/Safe3/uuWAF... · Posted by u/uusec

ssddanbrown · 9 months ago

The license used [1] would mean this very much wouldn't be widely considered open source, since the license sets limits on use and does not seem to provide open modification nor distribution.

[1] https://github.com/Safe3/uuWAF/blob/393262d525d0e35c14819bfa...

ssddanbrown commented on Show HN: Open Rewind – POC for audio and screen and video streaming to S3 github.com/janwilmake/eff... · Posted by u/wwoessi

ssddanbrown · a year ago

Your readme states "MIT License - See LICENSE file for details" but there is no such license file. I've been seeing this a lot lately, did you use an LLM to generate this part of the readme? If so, was MIT a concious choice of yours?

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