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IntelliJ is open source.
by eulgro 5y ago
IntelliJ is open source.
- seanw444 5y agoSorry, wrong term. I meant FOSS. There is some software I can justify paying big bucks for (although the list is getting increasingly shorter thanks to better and better FOSS projects). But Emacs with zero licenses at all, and being the most customizable text editor on the planet? Vim, with the most innovative and speedy keybindings? What a steal. Don't get me wrong, JetBrains has some cool stuff. It's nice to see they're working on a lighter-weight text editor to add some competition to the newbie-friendly text editor market. And JetBrains Mono is a phenomenal monospace font.
- badsectoracula 5y agoFOSS = open source :-P (the OS in FOSS is Open Source). IntelliJ is open source/FOSS/FLOSS/Free Software, etc, here is the code[0], license is Apache 2.0. [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
- seanw444 5y agoYeah, I know what FOSS stands for. I really, really commend JetBrains for having an open source edition. I just prefer an editor that doesn't separate features into pricing categories like Community, Ultimate, etc. I understand they have to make money as a company somehow, and that's totally fine. I just personally don't like the idea. Emacs does all I need, and more, with a single edition, and a single small fee of: zero dollars.