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They've got to protect their IP somehow.

by sdinsn 8y ago

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
Do they? Their selling point is trustworthiness and privacy, not the software.
- devwastaken 8y ago
  As most business's their internal code is probably a giant ball of mud that runs on caffeine and poor amounts of sleep. It works, but it probably wouldn't be reasonably releasable without refactoring and reworking a lot of the source so that it's componetized in some way. Personally I just want DDG to make a search API that is free and doesn't require API keys. That way I can setup search in mobile or desktop apps and have it automagically be searching through specific sites like Soundcloud and Youtube and such. Like if they're reading this, DDG is very unique and if they were to focus upon reducing costs, making efficient software, and better algorithms, DDG could be the service we shove into apps.
  - Kiro 8y ago
    That won't happen as every API call to DDG would result in an API call to Bing/Yandex/Yahoo which they have to pay for.
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- kevinali1 8y ago
  Their selling point is trustworthiness, privacy and usefulness. To be useful, they must have quality software/IP. And in their opinion, that should be protected.
kgraves 8y ago
I much rather trust a product that is open source, which makes me slightly uncomfortable and concerned about DDG.
- GordonS 8y ago
  So let's say they release their source code - how can they possibly prove that their servers are running that same code?
  - enriquto 8y ago
    at least for some functionalities, you can run it on your computer and observe the same behavior
  - gregknicholson 8y ago
    If the code was AGPL'd and included contributions for which DDG didn't own the copyright (so DDG would be using the code under the terms of the AGPL), they'd be breaking the licence terms if they failed to disclose any changes. It wouldn't be proof, but it would be a fairly strong commitment.
type0 8y ago
Will they protect my IP somehow?
pokemongoaway 8y ago
Interesting premise... What if they open source some small subset of their code and then track their stock price, usage, and ad revenue as they release more. It could be done in a measured process. I would be more interested in them demonstrating an increasingly distributed, uncoupled, and failure-tolerant infrastructure. I'd like to see them compete with Google's caching too.

They've got to protect their IP somehow.

by sdinsn 8y ago

They've got to protect their IP somehow.

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago

Do they? Their selling point is trustworthiness and privacy, not the software.

devwastaken 8y ago
As most business's their internal code is probably a giant ball of mud that runs on caffeine and poor amounts of sleep. It works, but it probably wouldn't be reasonably releasable without refactoring and reworking a lot of the source so that it's componetized in some way. Personally I just want DDG to make a search API that is free and doesn't require API keys. That way I can setup search in mobile or desktop apps and have it automagically be searching through specific sites like Soundcloud and Youtube and such. Like if they're reading this, DDG is very unique and if they were to focus upon reducing costs, making efficient software, and better algorithms, DDG could be the service we shove into apps.
- Kiro 8y ago
  That won't happen as every API call to DDG would result in an API call to Bing/Yandex/Yahoo which they have to pay for.
  - deleted 8y ago
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kevinali1 8y ago
Their selling point is trustworthiness, privacy and usefulness. To be useful, they must have quality software/IP. And in their opinion, that should be protected.

kgraves 8y ago

I much rather trust a product that is open source, which makes me slightly uncomfortable and concerned about DDG.

GordonS 8y ago
So let's say they release their source code - how can they possibly prove that their servers are running that same code?
- enriquto 8y ago
  at least for some functionalities, you can run it on your computer and observe the same behavior
- gregknicholson 8y ago
  If the code was AGPL'd and included contributions for which DDG didn't own the copyright (so DDG would be using the code under the terms of the AGPL), they'd be breaking the licence terms if they failed to disclose any changes. It wouldn't be proof, but it would be a fairly strong commitment.

type0 8y ago

Will they protect my IP somehow?

pokemongoaway 8y ago

Interesting premise... What if they open source some small subset of their code and then track their stock price, usage, and ad revenue as they release more. It could be done in a measured process. I would be more interested in them demonstrating an increasingly distributed, uncoupled, and failure-tolerant infrastructure. I'd like to see them compete with Google's caching too.