PySimpleGUI is now closed-source
PySimpleGUI is now closed-source
Python GUIs for Humans! PySimpleGUI is the top-rated Python application development environment. Launched in 2018 and actively developed, maintained, and supported in 2024. Transforms tkinter, Qt, ...
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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python -m pip install pysimplegui
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How is this trial enforced?
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.
Does pip really allow binary blobs? That effectively makes it zero security.
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.
There is a fair difference still between source available and binary blob. The blob has essentially no chance of ever being audited.
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.
Sure, and it's really nice for big compiled projects to not have to compile that on every update.
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.
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.