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I just closed the repo I'm working on to the public and will not be making it Open Source moving forward as I originally intended. I'm really sorry to hear tha
by laughinghan 6y ago
I just closed the repo I'm working on to the public and will not be making it Open Source moving forward as I originally intended.
I'm really sorry to hear that, and while it is obviously 100% up to you, I hope you to reconsider.
Every contribution to The Commons furthers the public good. Unlike the busybodies who care more about lecturing people about following the "rules" of "Open Source" to the letter, than about the spirit of fostering contributions to The Commons to further the public good, you clearly understand what actually matters.
Don't let the annoying minority keep you from doing something you know will make a positive difference in the world. If you set clear boundaries and stay matter-of-fact, the public overall will back you.
In the same spirit as the 4 "non-Free-Culture" Creative Commons licenses, I encourage you to check out non-open-source PolyForm software licenses, including a noncommercial license, a free trial license, etc: https://github.com/polyformproject/polyform-licenses#licenses https://github.com/polyformproject/polyform-licenses#license...
Every contribution to The Commons furthers the public good, regardless of whether it's technically "Open Source" according to the Debian mailing list.