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Gumroad Did Not Become Open Source Today

, Gumroad Did Not Become Open Source Today Advisory: I am not a legal expert and there could likely be inaccuracies in this post. Today Gumroad announced that they’ve become open source, with this being echoed by the founder and on social sites like Hacker News: Unfortunately though, this uses a custom license which wouldn’t meet the widely regarded definition of open source, and therefore wouldn’t be widely regarded as open source so calling this open source could be misleading to many.

Today Gumroad announced that they’ve become open source, with this being echoed by the founder and on social sites like Hacker News: It also can impact forking, a crucial part of open source which allows software to thrive and survive beyond it’s original author, especially on a larger project like this since development & maintenance efforts would be limited to those that fit their conditions. This requirement is also a bit complex, having to adjust it for inflation following the “United States Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index”.

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