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” …

I like this. It would create a massive change to the work flow though. 1 - any tool that uses open source would need to show which definition is used as the criteria. 2 - Any suggestion of a new tool would need which definition should be used clearly stated and agreed upon as well. 3 - there woul…

Changes to our workflow and some extra work is alright with me. Its just that what needs to be done is clear as day so everyone can be on the same page as how we move forward.

This kind of commitment is admirable. Its why the PG team does so well.

What about requiring Source First recommendations to have rugpull clauses? Futo stated that they were working on implementing them so that if they ever went bad or sold out their software would default to OSI.

Do you have any links to examples where this explained more?

Same here, but is says its still a work in progress here. Maybe I ll reach out to him.

Look, open-source is pretty well defined. We shouldn’t “reinvent the wheel”.

Thats the issue, some people think its defined, while some don’t. So see it simply as access to the source code so they can read it, some require it to be copy left. Both are valid in my opinion, but it is an important distinction that has to be made.

I think they mentioned it in the Livestream discussing Source First as well.

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I could only find this: FUTO Keyboard - #25 by louis_rossmann

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