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Notice to the authors: it looks like you've built this using taulwindui components (which are great!). I don't think though that their license allows them to be

Notice to the authors: it looks like you've built this using taulwindui components (which are great!). I don't think though that their license allows them to be used in open source projects.

cosrnos 6y ago
Tailwind UI License allows for components to be used in open source projects, as long as the project's primary purpose isn't to distribute those components :) Edit: License link for anyone interested https://www.notion.so/Tailwind-UI-License-644418bb34ad4fa29aac9b82e956a867 https://www.notion.so/Tailwind-UI-License-644418bb34ad4fa29a...
- aloukissas 6y ago
  Hm - I remember asking the same question on their Discord channel and at that time (IIRC) the project maintainers told me otherwise. That's good to know!
CivBase 6y ago
> Can I use Tailwind UI in open source projects? > Yep! As long as what you're building is some sort of actual website and not a derivative component library, theme builder, or other product where the primary purpose is clearly to repackage and redistribute our components, it's totally okay for that project to be open source. https://tailwindui.com/pricing https://tailwindui.com/pricing
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Yep! As long as what you're building is some sort of actual website and not a derivative component library The license itself doesn't seem to have clear relicensing/sublicensing terms, so it's not clear at all how it works for either open source or proprietary products. If it actually does allow downstream open source licensing, then while it prevents the direct licensee from creating a component library, it doesn't prevent a downstream licensee of the open source product from doing so; if it's usage restrictions (which on their own would prevent a project from being open source) continue to apply to downstream users, then it cannot be used on open source projects.
  - 411111111111111 6y ago
    while im not a lawyer, that does sound extremely far fetched. you're also allowed to publish code with an MIT licence which can only be used with a 100% proprietary binary blob which can only be acquired by paying a third party. the specified licence only applies to the published code after all. said code might be useless without a licence to use that binary blob, but that has no meaning wrt the published open source code.

Notice to the authors: it looks like you've built this using taulwindui components (which are great!). I don't think though that their license allows them to be used in open source projects.

cosrnos 6y ago

Tailwind UI License allows for components to be used in open source projects, as long as the project's primary purpose isn't to distribute those components :) Edit: License link for anyone interested https://www.notion.so/Tailwind-UI-License-644418bb34ad4fa29aac9b82e956a867 https://www.notion.so/Tailwind-UI-License-644418bb34ad4fa29a...

aloukissas 6y ago
Hm - I remember asking the same question on their Discord channel and at that time (IIRC) the project maintainers told me otherwise. That's good to know!

CivBase 6y ago

> Can I use Tailwind UI in open source projects? > Yep! As long as what you're building is some sort of actual website and not a derivative component library, theme builder, or other product where the primary purpose is clearly to repackage and redistribute our components, it's totally okay for that project to be open source. https://tailwindui.com/pricing https://tailwindui.com/pricing

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Yep! As long as what you're building is some sort of actual website and not a derivative component library The license itself doesn't seem to have clear relicensing/sublicensing terms, so it's not clear at all how it works for either open source or proprietary products. If it actually does allow downstream open source licensing, then while it prevents the direct licensee from creating a component library, it doesn't prevent a downstream licensee of the open source product from doing so; if it's usage restrictions (which on their own would prevent a project from being open source) continue to apply to downstream users, then it cannot be used on open source projects.
- 411111111111111 6y ago
  while im not a lawyer, that does sound extremely far fetched. you're also allowed to publish code with an MIT licence which can only be used with a 100% proprietary binary blob which can only be acquired by paying a third party. the specified licence only applies to the published code after all. said code might be useless without a licence to use that binary blob, but that has no meaning wrt the published open source code.