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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ebits21@lemmy.ca to c/python@programming.dev
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Previously LGPL, now re-licensed as closed-source/commercial. Previous code taken down.

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[–] HKayn@dormi.zone -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What exactly did the FOSS community lose right there?

They can still use the versions that were licensed to them. The forks are right there.

However, you are not entitled to the dev distributing those versions for you.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Actually the LGPL legally binds the dev to distributing those versions. So you're just a troll. I am done replying to you but it has been fun watching you try to justify shit in the name of compensation.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You've been unable to back up a single thing you said in this conversation with proof.

You had to walk back your accusations towards the dev, and you're unable to actually point to the passage in the LGPL that supposedly binds the dev.

All you're able to do at this point is call me a troll. You're a parasite in the FOSS community who expects the work of others to be provided to them for free in perpetuity, and it pains you to realize it can be taken away from you.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're a dumbass who can't read and doesn't understand foss.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And that's how we know you're out of arguments.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Who's we here? You're getting downvoted to oblivion because of your hostility. I am merely replying in kind.