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It’s perfectly fine that it’s proprietary. Just because it exists doesn’t mean other people are entitled to the source code.
by jorts 3y ago
It’s perfectly fine that it’s proprietary. Just because it exists doesn’t mean other people are entitled to the source code.
- andai 3y agoI agree. Nobody owes anyone anything! I was merely pointing out that it's a shame that (1) it has apparently been abandoned for years, (2) people are not able to do anything about that. (Bus factor == 1, etc.) Based on the other comments in the thread, I'm sure there are people who would love to contribute. (Worth pointing out that making something open source isn't zero-maintenance by any means, especially since GitHub still doesn't let you disable pull requests...)
- galaxyLogic 3y agoThere's a cost to open-sourcing code. It takes effort. You must write documentation and clean up your code in many ways. It's good to "clean up code" of course but is that the most urgent thing on your task-list? Who should pay for that effort? The original author? Yes if they think it's worth it and they can afford to spend the time on it. There's also a risk whenever you publish source-code, someone might sue you for copyright infringement, or patent violation, etc.