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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Previously LGPL, now re-licensed as closed-source/commercial. Previous code taken down.

Commercial users pay $99/year, free for personal use but each user has to make a free account after a trial period.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Whether you are a Hobbyist User or Commercial User, you can start using PySimpleGUI at no cost. To get started with a 30-day trial period, first install Python and then

python -m pip install pysimplegui

...

You can try PySimpleGUI for 30 days, after which you will need to Sign Up. Hobbyist users sign up at no cost, and Commercial Users subscribe at $99/year. For more details, see PySimpleGUI.com/pricing.

How is this trial enforced?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How is this trial enforced?

Since it's now closed source and they distribute what is possibly/probably/presumably a binary blob, the same way all the others are enforced. With some kind of DRM date checking whatever.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Does pip really allow binary blobs? That effectively makes it zero security.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair it has some valid use cases, take ruff for example.

But pip/pypi does not have any proper security at all, and just blocking binary blobs wouldn't make a difference when you can freely execute any python code during installation - Much like downloading an executable from any site online, you are expected to make sure you can trust whoever uploaded what you are downloading. You could say the same about other sites like GitHub too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

There is a fair difference still between source available and binary blob. The blob has essentially no chance of ever being audited.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Take a look at the Source Distribution files: https://pypi.org/project/PySimpleGUI/#files

As far as I can see, it's still all just Python.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Sure, and it's really nice for big compiled projects to not have to compile that on every update.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They injected some binary code to make a code object (and in doing so inject some obfuscation).. if someone wants to violate the new license, they can easily work around it via installing through pip, commenting out that license check... Not that I endorse library license violations.

I put up packages on pypi with the last LGPL code versions for my own usage. I don't plan on updating them much, but they work for me.

PySimpleGUI-4-foss And psgtray-foss.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

The user has to have a key to use the software, no free account then no key after 30 days unless the developer paid for the key.