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> It bothers me greatly that npm is a private company. It bothers me that npm is closed-source (the registry and server). It bothers me because I can't contribu
by nostalgeek 8y ago
> It bothers me greatly that npm is a private company. It bothers me that npm is closed-source (the registry and server). It bothers me because I can't contribute. I can only inform the community of the problems.
NPM the repository is not open source? How does a non open source platform ended up being the default package repository for an open source project is a complete mystery (since NPM client IS bundled with node distribution). People should be allowed to run their own NPM mirror ... for without having to pay for a license. I don't have to pay for packagist or pip server, I can only if I want professional support, so what is this?
- tatersolid 8y agoUmm... do you use Github? Docker? Wordpress?
- nostalgeek 8y agoNow please explain me what it has to do with anything I say, since I do not use any of these services.
- tatersolid 8y agoThey are all very popular “open source” ecosystem tools beholden to a for-profit corporation. Somebody has to pay the bills.
- nostalgeek 8y ago> They are all very popular “open source” ecosystem tools beholden to a for-profit corporation. NPM server is not open source to begin with. Its client shouldn't be bundled with node, an open source project. I don't use Wordpress but pretty sure I don't have to pay a license to Wordpress to install its CMS on a server. And github server IS NOT open source.