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From http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/contributor-guide.html http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/contributor-guide.html: > Fork is a term invented by Gi

by droog 10y ago

From http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/contributor-guide.html http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/contributor-guide.html: > Fork is a term invented by GitHub. No, it is not. Also, do I get royalties for my contributions to this open source project? Since you're literally selling other people a gated license to the code I contribute, I'm wondering how this works from a legal perspective.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
> Fork is a term invented by GitHub. Amazing, isn't it? With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it.
- tradersam 10y ago
  > With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it. And yet, you still can't believe everything you read on the Internet.
  - JustSomeNobody 10y ago
    You can at least fact check who invented the term fork.
detaro 10y ago
Doing that without a Contributors License Agreement seems at the very least iffy. (AGPL + commercial isn't exactly unusual, but normally there is a CLA involved)
- matt4077 10y ago
  The (A)GPL does in no way preclude you–or anyone–from selling it. It does, however, require you to provide source code, at least upon request, to those that have received non-source code versions. That said, the specific arrangement in this case may be a bit strange. There's a "commercial end-user license agreement", which I'm pretty sure is not possible–unless they are the author of all the code in question, in which case they can make up as many licenses as they want.
  - detaro 10y ago
    right, "AGPL+commercial" in my comment meant AGPL + a commercial license.
eliangcs 10y ago
Hi, author here. Thanks for the feedback! I'll fix that fork term mistake soon. That is a stupid mistake. I just started this subscription recently as an experiment to see if I can make a sustainable open source project. I haven't made any money from it yet. And I haven't decided if and how we should give royalties with contributors. If I get lucky, the business model works, this topic is open for discussion among contributors.
rckclmbr 10y ago
It isn't!? Next you're going to tell me that Atlassian didn't invent the term Spooning

by droog 10y ago

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

> Fork is a term invented by GitHub. Amazing, isn't it? With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it.

tradersam 10y ago
> With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it. And yet, you still can't believe everything you read on the Internet.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  You can at least fact check who invented the term fork.

detaro 10y ago

Doing that without a Contributors License Agreement seems at the very least iffy. (AGPL + commercial isn't exactly unusual, but normally there is a CLA involved)

matt4077 10y ago
The (A)GPL does in no way preclude you–or anyone–from selling it. It does, however, require you to provide source code, at least upon request, to those that have received non-source code versions. That said, the specific arrangement in this case may be a bit strange. There's a "commercial end-user license agreement", which I'm pretty sure is not possible–unless they are the author of all the code in question, in which case they can make up as many licenses as they want.
- detaro 10y ago
  right, "AGPL+commercial" in my comment meant AGPL + a commercial license.

eliangcs 10y ago

Hi, author here. Thanks for the feedback! I'll fix that fork term mistake soon. That is a stupid mistake. I just started this subscription recently as an experiment to see if I can make a sustainable open source project. I haven't made any money from it yet. And I haven't decided if and how we should give royalties with contributors. If I get lucky, the business model works, this topic is open for discussion among contributors.

rckclmbr 10y ago

It isn't!? Next you're going to tell me that Atlassian didn't invent the term Spooning