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A note here since I did not know this: It looks like Redream is no longer open source. As far as I can tell its not formally acknowledged anywhere. It seems lik

by jchw 7y ago

A note here since I did not know this: It looks like Redream is no longer open source. As far as I can tell its not formally acknowledged anywhere. It seems like it was silently closed source when it moved from GitHub to GitLab some time ago. I feel like people ought to know since some folks may be under the impression it is open source when it's not. I usually don't bother trying to use closed source emulators personally, for practical reasons (At the very least, closed source anything is a pain in the ass under NixOS.)

kingosticks 7y ago
Good spot. It used to be GPL licensed. How odd. If you goto the gitlab project at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream it's basically just a support forum. Anyone got any more details on this? Is this an attempt to monitise the work? Edit: I see you can upgrade to "premium" but it's a one-time fee of only $5 so money can't be the motivation here. Same at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/957 https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/957 An acknowledgment of the situation is at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/543#note_91625154 https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/543#note_91625154 but sadly no explanation.
- aepiepaey 7y ago
  There's some reasoning in this thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_has_gone_closedsource/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_h... Notably, this comment by the developer (with followups): https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_has_gone_closedsource/dseekwo/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_h...
  - kingosticks 7y ago
    Cheers for digging that out. Seems like a reasonable course of action all things considered.
- guug 7y ago
  Getting permission to re-license GPL contributions must have been such a nightmare that I wonder how he managed to do it.
bitwize 7y ago
"Fuck open source." --Kat Marchán

by jchw 7y ago

kingosticks 7y ago

Good spot. It used to be GPL licensed. How odd. If you goto the gitlab project at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream it's basically just a support forum. Anyone got any more details on this? Is this an attempt to monitise the work? Edit: I see you can upgrade to "premium" but it's a one-time fee of only $5 so money can't be the motivation here. Same at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/957 https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/957 An acknowledgment of the situation is at https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/543#note_91625154 https://gitlab.com/inolen/redream/issues/543#note_91625154 but sadly no explanation.

aepiepaey 7y ago
There's some reasoning in this thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_has_gone_closedsource/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_h... Notably, this comment by the developer (with followups): https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_has_gone_closedsource/dseekwo/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7p2rik/redream_h...
- kingosticks 7y ago
  Cheers for digging that out. Seems like a reasonable course of action all things considered.
guug 7y ago
Getting permission to re-license GPL contributions must have been such a nightmare that I wonder how he managed to do it.

bitwize 7y ago

"Fuck open source." --Kat Marchán