Continuing from this discussion: [image] Grayjay (Frontend) Tool Suggestions https://grayjay.app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DePDzfyWkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMSO1TiTW4E Open source is a complex term with lots of different takes that depends on what …

Let me be more clear about my answer here. The question in this thread is very simple: what does the term “open source” literally mean? I feel it is my duty to both the open source and Privacy Guides communities to plainly say that I will not accept a situation where we use the words “open source” …

For the purposes of our criteria, when we use the term “open source” on the website it should be referring to the OSI definition. Keeps it dead simple. For the purposes of evaluating tools, as a community & team we can use more nuance and we should evaluate software like this from best to worst: C…

I overall agree with this approach and mentality. However, we should explain why this flow down is preferred, as well as common false assumptions about privacy as it pertains to interacting with the running program built with the code.

I’m not totally convinced that the license is something people really need to think about when they’re deciding what software to use, so no explanation or article about this topic seems necessary. As reviewers it is useful for us to consider these things because it gives us an indicator of the qual…

One issue with this is while those are indeed acceptable as a whole, some specific criteria mandate open source so no propreitary software. Here comes in one of the sparks of this thread: Grayjay. If you follow the “we can read the source” mantra, it qualifies as open source and can be added to th…

This is a thoughtful take. I agree for Privacy Guides individual license details are not as important. At some point this becomes the responsibility of the user to learn. Maybe this will further discussion: The proposed flow down I think is a good point of reference. I’ll provide my personal flow d…

[image] Niek-de-Wilde: Because with the OSI definition, Grayjay cannot be added to the frontend page (unless we change the criteria). I think this is absolutely true, yes, and the criteria should be changed if you/we think that Grayjay is a better option than what we currently have listed.

afaik, the open source ‘community’ broadly, the OSI definition specifically, the FSF definition, and even Futo themselves do not consider source available licenses to be open source. I think trying to redefine open source to accommodate a single company that chooses not to use an open source licens…

Semi-relatedly, I’ll also add that if/when FUTO adds text to their license saying unlimited commercial use is allowed if FUTO goes away or whatever (like I believe Rossmann has previously mentioned might be possible?) then I’d personally consider their source first license to be just as good as open…

He mentions it here: [image] FUTO Keyboard FUTO is working on a type of license so that if the software we create is abandoned/goes rogue/we go bankrupt that you can all do whatever the hell you w ant with it. That type of stuff is fairly in the weeds. I also think they’ve mentioned it on the…

[image] jonah: Semi-relatedly, I’ll also add that if/when FUTO adds text to their license saying unlimited commercial use is allowed if FUTO goes away or whatever (like I believe Rossmann has previously mentioned might be possible?) then I’d personally consider their source first license to be j…

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jonah (Jonah Aragon) August 21, 2024, 10:45pm 28

I think this is absolutely true, yes, and the criteria should be changed if you/we think that Grayjay is a better option than what we currently have listed.

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