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To my knowledge, the source to the 1.3.x release isn't public. I wonder whether it's a complete rewrite from scratch or whether 1.3.x still contains patches fro

by _ak 15y ago

To my knowledge, the source to the 1.3.x release isn't public. I wonder whether it's a complete rewrite from scratch or whether 1.3.x still contains patches from external contributors and whether they agreed that their work be sold for money.

masklinn 15y ago
Your knowledge is incorrect. The 1.3.0 source is available[0], and 1.3.1 should be soon[1], they have not dumped them in the public repository is all. > I wonder whether it's a complete rewrite from scratch or whether 1.3.x still contains patches from external contributors and whether they agreed that their work be sold for money. I'm not sure that has any relevance. It would if Growl had changed its license (they have to agree to license changes to their contributions, unless they ceded their copyright to the project or project owner), but selling the product is independent of that. It can be seen as a dick move, but it's still independent. [0] http://code.google.com/p/growl/source/detail?r=9831a92b05b20af461bf4fc77ec7b7b052831ccf http://code.google.com/p/growl/source/detail?r=9831a92b05b20... [1] http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss/msg/0793d15920faf093 http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss/msg/0793d15920fa...
- masklinn 15y ago
  And the 1.3.1 source has now been added to the public repository.
p0ckets 15y ago
They agreed that their work would be sold for money when they contributed to a BSD licensed project. If they cared, they could release their patches.
- rmc 15y ago
  BSD is irrelevant here. If it was a GPLv3 licenced work it could still be sold. The agreeded to their work begin sellable when they contributed to an open source project.
  - p0ckets 15y ago
    That is correct. The only difference a GPL license would make is that Growl would be forced to release the source code for any version that they sell. And that they wouldn't be able to sell it through the App Store.
patrickod 15y ago
It's not public yet but as per their BSD licence terms they will be releasing it. This, according to http://www.macworld.com/article/162208/2011/10/growl_shows_that_open_source_and_the_mac_app_store_mix.html http://www.macworld.com/article/162208/2011/10/growl_shows_t...

by _ak 15y ago

masklinn 15y ago

Your knowledge is incorrect. The 1.3.0 source is available[0], and 1.3.1 should be soon[1], they have not dumped them in the public repository is all. > I wonder whether it's a complete rewrite from scratch or whether 1.3.x still contains patches from external contributors and whether they agreed that their work be sold for money. I'm not sure that has any relevance. It would if Growl had changed its license (they have to agree to license changes to their contributions, unless they ceded their copyright to the project or project owner), but selling the product is independent of that. It can be seen as a dick move, but it's still independent. [0] http://code.google.com/p/growl/source/detail?r=9831a92b05b20af461bf4fc77ec7b7b052831ccf http://code.google.com/p/growl/source/detail?r=9831a92b05b20... [1] http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss/msg/0793d15920faf093 http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss/msg/0793d15920fa...

masklinn 15y ago
And the 1.3.1 source has now been added to the public repository.

p0ckets 15y ago

They agreed that their work would be sold for money when they contributed to a BSD licensed project. If they cared, they could release their patches.

rmc 15y ago
BSD is irrelevant here. If it was a GPLv3 licenced work it could still be sold. The agreeded to their work begin sellable when they contributed to an open source project.
- p0ckets 15y ago
  That is correct. The only difference a GPL license would make is that Growl would be forced to release the source code for any version that they sell. And that they wouldn't be able to sell it through the App Store.

patrickod 15y ago

It's not public yet but as per their BSD licence terms they will be releasing it. This, according to http://www.macworld.com/article/162208/2011/10/growl_shows_that_open_source_and_the_mac_app_store_mix.html http://www.macworld.com/article/162208/2011/10/growl_shows_t...