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off-topic: Here's a weird thing... I've to admit that one concern I've is to like PhotoPrism (this is what is keeping me a little bit afraid of trying it). The

by henvic 7y ago

off-topic: Here's a weird thing... I've to admit that one concern I've is to like PhotoPrism (this is what is keeping me a little bit afraid of trying it). The issue is that I'm a Go programmer and it seems to be a good piece of software, but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code, especially when it affects what I do for a living. It'd be even worse if I think about contributing to it... I discovered it a few months ago when I was searching the web to see what is out there. Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot), I used digiKam and I enjoyed it. * I don't want to risk reading something I like there and ending up copying the idea or writing similar code unwillingly, as this license is viral. Thanks for showing me PhotoStructure!

HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
*> Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot) I used iPhoto for a while and am actively considering buying a used one to run it on again for family photos. What didn't you like about it, and is there anything that can take the metadata from iPhoto and translate it?
- henvic 7y ago
  I'd not recommend using the older versions because it corrupted my library, and it removed some photos from Flickr after I removed a set (I hated it so much... it wasn't supposed to work like this, Apple), and made the original ones very hard to find. The new Photos app seems way better, though. However, I admit my trust in it is not great either because I'm afraid these experiences might happen again... So I'd either stick to Lightroom or go to something light that I know I can always just rely on organizing the files by directories on my filesystem.
yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
> but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code So, don't? Just pretend that it's a proprietary application with no source that just drops from the sky as a binary or docker image. Can you not get what you want as just a "normal" user?
- henvic 7y ago
  I'd argue this is hard to do when it's so easy to explore a bit further, so I'd rather just stay away from trouble :)

by henvic 7y ago

HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago

*> Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot) I used iPhoto for a while and am actively considering buying a used one to run it on again for family photos. What didn't you like about it, and is there anything that can take the metadata from iPhoto and translate it?

henvic 7y ago
I'd not recommend using the older versions because it corrupted my library, and it removed some photos from Flickr after I removed a set (I hated it so much... it wasn't supposed to work like this, Apple), and made the original ones very hard to find. The new Photos app seems way better, though. However, I admit my trust in it is not great either because I'm afraid these experiences might happen again... So I'd either stick to Lightroom or go to something light that I know I can always just rely on organizing the files by directories on my filesystem.

yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago

> but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code So, don't? Just pretend that it's a proprietary application with no source that just drops from the sky as a binary or docker image. Can you not get what you want as just a "normal" user?

henvic 7y ago
I'd argue this is hard to do when it's so easy to explore a bit further, so I'd rather just stay away from trouble :)