Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?

634 points david927 | 1 comments | 24 Aug 24 22:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

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8organicbits ◴[24 Aug 24 23:55 UTC] No.41342968[source]▶

>>41342017 (OP) #

The recent relicensing of Redis to a non-open-source license bothered many in the community. But the groundwork for the relicensing was laid much earlier. I've been working on relicensing monitor to track various projects attributes that can affect the ease of relicensing a project.

https://alexsci.com/relicensing-monitor/

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hypeatei ◴[25 Aug 24 00:16 UTC] No.41343102[source]▶

>>41342968 #

Is there a specific reason that Firefox is considered low-risk for a rug pull? In my view, Mozilla doesn't seem the same as it once was but maybe there are specific reasons the open-sourceness isn't in jeopardy.

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1. PeeMcGee ◴[25 Aug 24 01:17 UTC] No.41343469[source]▶

>>41343102 #

I imagine Firefox would die instantly if it moved to a restrictive license. It would be too easy to simply switch to a popular fork, and Firefox's userbase are the type that would be compelled to follow through with it. Even ignoring FOSS principles reasons, most folks are browser-savvy enough to understand the implications of such news -- their favorite browser is about to kill itself so they have to pick another one. Also consider that Firefox would no longer be the default browser in most Linux distros, and likely prohibited from official package repositories entirely.

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