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Grayjay Desktop App

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513 points pierrelf | 2 comments | 20 Dec 24 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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riazrizvi ◴[20 Dec 24 18:09 UTC] No.42473305[source]▶
I’d like to believe it but I’m so jaded at this point. Give you, one vendor, all my data from these different platforms to ‘protect my privacy’, that I only have at this point because my behavior is dispersed across platforms. Hmmm.
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RobotToaster ◴[20 Dec 24 18:31 UTC] No.42473502[source]▶
You're right to be sceptical, they still have their proprietary license that basically forbids forking.
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1. koen31 ◴[20 Dec 24 20:30 UTC] No.42474732[source]▶
Grayjay dev here, forking is not forbidden.
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2. RobotToaster ◴[21 Dec 24 12:26 UTC] No.42479284[source]▶
So the license has been changed from the previous futo one, but there's still heavy restrictions on what anyone can do with it:

> You may distribute the software or provide it to others only if you do so free of charge for non-commercial purposes.

>Notwithstanding the above, you may not remove or obscure any functionality in the software related to payment to the Licensor in any copy you distribute to others.

>You may not alter, remove, or obscure any licensing, copyright, or other notices of the Licensor in the software. Any use of the Licensor’s trademarks is subject to applicable law.

To me that says that if FUTO decide to paywall the entire app, nobody is allowed to fork it to remove that.