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Show HN: Open Paperless 2 – Scan, OCR, and catalog all your paper documents

16 points by zhoubear 8y ago

karinato 8y ago
Good work! Looks awesome, it's very fast and responsive.
stephenr 8y ago
Doesn't really tell me much about why it could be considered "Open".
- jaguar221 8y ago
  https://github.com/zhoubear/open-paperless https://github.com/zhoubear/open-paperless
  - stephenr 8y ago
    That still doesn't tell me why the website asks for a $4/month fee.
    - mayli 8y ago
      because hosting and maintain a website costs money, it's an opensource procect, meaning you can host it on your own (for free).
      - stephenr 8y ago
        That still doesn't explain what the licence is for. It says "After completing the checkout, you will receive an email containing your product key and installation instructions." So, its still an installed version. I love how everyone is champing at the bit "oh its on GitHub look you're just stupid its open source" when you have no fucking idea what the licence is for either.
        sharlasers10 8y ago
        It's dual licensed, commercial Open Source. Not the first. I just love to see how every time a woman tries to do something in IT, trolls and gamegaters come out of the swamps to discredit the work. They act like it is the first time someone has done commercial Open Source and is somehow hard to understand and in violation of some imaginary ethical or legal canon.
        SargentExpor1 8y ago
        "how everyone is champing at the bit" "you're just stupid its open source" Nobody has said that. You asked a questions, got answers. Don't make it personal.
        dang 8y ago
        Incivility will get you banned here, so please edit any of that out of what you post. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - app4soft 8y ago
        > meaning you can host it on your own (for free). You should tell more about it in README.md, IMHO.
aminoson 8y ago
Nice! I prefer open source software like this when dealing private data like receipts and invoices.
PassingCroft 8y ago
I don't understand all the fuzz. It is a commercial fork of Mayan EDMS done with the express permission of the core developmers of Mayan EDMS. https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64
aminoson 8y ago
I don't understand all the fuzz about the "open" part, the licensing, or the price. It's a commercial fork or the Apache licensed Mayan EDMS done with the approval of the Mayan folks. https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing Apparently not the first paid fork of Mayan EDMS https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mayan-edms/paid|sort:date/mayan-edms/Kd3NuZHZtwQ/wlrZZELJCgAJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mayan-edms/paid|s...
aminoson 8y ago
Found another post from the creator's of Mayan regarding commercial forks. "Commercial involvement with Mayan is not a problem at all, it is encouraged and the license was changed a while back from GPL to Apache 2.0 to be more commercial friendly." "Forking and doing specialized versions is not bad and I encourage it, it is the way FLOSS projects grow. If a feature can then be added upstream, we do so, if not, it is made into a 3rd party app or sub project (http://www.mayan-edms.com/ecosystem/ http://www.mayan-edms.com/ecosystem/)." "In this case Ranjith offers a customized version with features that we have not been able to included because they are very specific to him and his clients." "On the other hand was Ranjith is doing is perfectly OK since there is no copyright violation and the terms of the license are being followed. The work he is putting into his fork of Mayan is helping the software get into other markets where the upstream version might not have been a choice. We've been talking and we are looking into backporting some of the more general work he's done in his fork." https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mayan-edms/D4GdfFG6khM/OhAf9GVTBgAJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mayan-edms/D4GdfFG6khM/OhAf9...
- aminoson 8y ago
  This was regarding a specialized version done for the Indian market in 2016.
aminoson 8y ago
The license is clear and can be read without buying the product. It is right before the shopping cart. Cookie cutter template regarding warranties, liability, indemnification, limitations, etc. Pretty standard when you buy a license for any software. https://www.openpaperless.com/shop-1 https://www.openpaperless.com/shop-1
zhoubear 8y ago
I'm happy to announce that Open Paperless has been acquired by Mayan EDMS! Mayan EDMS is the project upon which Open Paperless is built on. We are now an official Mayan EDMS product! For more details regarding the acquisition head over to the official announcement https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69

16 points by zhoubear 8y ago

karinato 8y ago

Good work! Looks awesome, it's very fast and responsive.

stephenr 8y ago

Doesn't really tell me much about why it could be considered "Open".

jaguar221 8y ago
https://github.com/zhoubear/open-paperless https://github.com/zhoubear/open-paperless
- stephenr 8y ago
  That still doesn't tell me why the website asks for a $4/month fee.
  - mayli 8y ago
    because hosting and maintain a website costs money, it's an opensource procect, meaning you can host it on your own (for free).
    - stephenr 8y ago
      That still doesn't explain what the licence is for. It says "After completing the checkout, you will receive an email containing your product key and installation instructions." So, its still an installed version. I love how everyone is champing at the bit "oh its on GitHub look you're just stupid its open source" when you have no fucking idea what the licence is for either.
      - sharlasers10 8y ago
        It's dual licensed, commercial Open Source. Not the first. I just love to see how every time a woman tries to do something in IT, trolls and gamegaters come out of the swamps to discredit the work. They act like it is the first time someone has done commercial Open Source and is somehow hard to understand and in violation of some imaginary ethical or legal canon.
      - SargentExpor1 8y ago
        "how everyone is champing at the bit" "you're just stupid its open source" Nobody has said that. You asked a questions, got answers. Don't make it personal.
      - dang 8y ago
        Incivility will get you banned here, so please edit any of that out of what you post. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - app4soft 8y ago
      > meaning you can host it on your own (for free). You should tell more about it in README.md, IMHO.

aminoson 8y ago

Nice! I prefer open source software like this when dealing private data like receipts and invoices.

PassingCroft 8y ago

I don't understand all the fuzz. It is a commercial fork of Mayan EDMS done with the express permission of the core developmers of Mayan EDMS. https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64

aminoson 8y ago

I don't understand all the fuzz about the "open" part, the licensing, or the price. It's a commercial fork or the Apache licensed Mayan EDMS done with the approval of the Mayan folks. https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing Apparently not the first paid fork of Mayan EDMS https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mayan-edms/paid|sort:date/mayan-edms/Kd3NuZHZtwQ/wlrZZELJCgAJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mayan-edms/paid|s...

aminoson 8y ago

Found another post from the creator's of Mayan regarding commercial forks. "Commercial involvement with Mayan is not a problem at all, it is encouraged and the license was changed a while back from GPL to Apache 2.0 to be more commercial friendly." "Forking and doing specialized versions is not bad and I encourage it, it is the way FLOSS projects grow. If a feature can then be added upstream, we do so, if not, it is made into a 3rd party app or sub project (http://www.mayan-edms.com/ecosystem/ http://www.mayan-edms.com/ecosystem/)." "In this case Ranjith offers a customized version with features that we have not been able to included because they are very specific to him and his clients." "On the other hand was Ranjith is doing is perfectly OK since there is no copyright violation and the terms of the license are being followed. The work he is putting into his fork of Mayan is helping the software get into other markets where the upstream version might not have been a choice. We've been talking and we are looking into backporting some of the more general work he's done in his fork." https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mayan-edms/D4GdfFG6khM/OhAf9GVTBgAJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mayan-edms/D4GdfFG6khM/OhAf9...

aminoson 8y ago
This was regarding a specialized version done for the Indian market in 2016.

aminoson 8y ago

The license is clear and can be read without buying the product. It is right before the shopping cart. Cookie cutter template regarding warranties, liability, indemnification, limitations, etc. Pretty standard when you buy a license for any software. https://www.openpaperless.com/shop-1 https://www.openpaperless.com/shop-1

zhoubear 8y ago

I'm happy to announce that Open Paperless has been acquired by Mayan EDMS! Mayan EDMS is the project upon which Open Paperless is built on. We are now an official Mayan EDMS product! For more details regarding the acquisition head over to the official announcement https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69 https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69