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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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] 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Fork the last commit with a LGPL commit?

GPL mentions explicitly that it is irrevocable, where as LGPL doesn't mention anything about it. IANAL, but it looks like there is a case for irrevocable without violation of clauses by default https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/4012/are-licenses-irrevocable-by-default#4013

For people considering contributing to FOSS in the future, maybe check for irrevocable clauses? I wish licenses selectors https://choosealicense.com highlighted this part more clearly.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Also depends on the contributions terms.

If they were a traditional FOSS, they can't change the terms without all contributors agreeing or removing/modifying the contributed code so that they no longer have ownership of their authored sections.

Either way, it's a dick move.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Can't anyone just fork one of the LGPL versions and start a new project?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

@fidodo @SkyNTP Sure, but unless that someone keeps it updated that fork will be useless soon. And that looks like a lot of (unpaid) work.

I like the project (was surprised to even see my user name in the contributor list) but stopped using it because I couldn’t get accessibility working (mainly no full keyboard shortcuts).

For me, buying a yearly developer license to have a few GUI pop-ups at work is something I’ll only consider if I run out of options.