A reminder that kbin is still violating the zlib license of Postmill (the software that powers Raddle)
A reminder that kbin is still violating the zlib license of Postmill (the software that powers Raddle)
Since then, over 230 pull requests have been accepted. I had a branch where I was working on this, but a lot of code has changed in the meantime - among other things, ex the markdown implementation has been rewritten and, in fact, some of it is now outdated. Many files will still change and be rewritten before the release.
Before the first release, it will be done properly, and I will probably seek help and consultation from the right people https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/937. Currently, in the project's readme, I've clearly indicated that kbin is inspired by Postmill. Unfortunately, recently I've been overwhelmed by some personal matters, which caused me to neglect certain things. Now I'm doing everything to bring kbin to the appropriate state.
"Inspired" is not an honest term. You're using someone else's code, so abide by the license they use, or remove their code from your project until you're ready to follow the license. You started lifting Postmill's code several years ago now and have had sooo much time to set things right but keep dragging your feet.
This isn't a school project, you're gaining financially from someone else's hard work without abiding by their (incredibly permissive) FOSS license and opening yourself up to serious legal action.
As I said, the markdown implementation that received the main thing has been rewritten by contributors. I need to consult on how it should look in such a case. Now the indicated similarities are between these files (these files will also be changed soon, before release):
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/src/branch/develop/src/Repository/Criteria.php
https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill/-/blob/1e98b99bc4a20b396f2fa4089bdb1a308b7e18fd/src/SubmissionFinder/Criteria.php
https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill/-/blob/a9704316c1c78f15ca12c2dc5ad477f4ac9f530e/src/Entity/Submission.php#L21-57At the end of the day, I wanted to thank you for that reminder. Sometimes I really need it. For now, these two PRs will have to suffice. I'm sure I modeled them after Postmill. I can promise I'll get back to this and do it right.
Thank you for that, Adam.
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/1005
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/1006
The fact that Ernest commented on this two months ago and then didn't fix the issue is saddening. I understand that everyone is busy, but crediting people isn't a big ask.
It really is ridiculous. It's such a small ask to give credit where it's due.
perhaps they need a reminder or something. Violating Licenses is really bad.
Life happens IMO.
Any reason why the people repeatedly raising the issue don't just open a PR in Codeberg adding the attribution they deem "correct"? This isn't a court house, the source control tool is literally an open forum...
Am I missing something here?
You're shifting the blame. Ernest promised a quick resolution 2 months ago and didn't follow through. I don't use kbin, I only use Postmill, so expecting me to clean up his mess isn't a reasonable ask.
It would take him less time to copy/paste the license file than it took him to write his latest feet-dragging comment here.
You're shifting the blame
I don't see how I am...
Ernest promised a quick resolution 2 months ago and didn't follow through.
I understand that, and it's unfortunate that he's been unable to do so thus far.
That fact does not affect the validity of the original question IMO, especially when the complaint is originating from multiple people who each have equal access to implement the desired change.
I don't use kbin, I only use Postmill, so expecting me to clean up his mess isn't a reasonable ask
I'm not expecting a specific individual to "clean up his mess" really. There are multiple people being vocal about this issue besides yourself, from my perspective any one of these individuals can do this and move on.
It would take him less time to copy/paste the license file than it took him to write his latest feet-dragging comment here
While this is true, I think posts like these are also wasting his time needing to crowd control a post discussing how he should be using his personal time. These kind of interactions are really demotivating and draining for any developer or individual
Even if he went and did the change himself as a result of this post, people would still "why did it take you this long" and the like IMO
This is the responsibility of the person who wrote the code. This person is ernest. Life happens, but this is not a significant amount of work to be done and ernest said it would be done "today" 2 months ago.
I've raised this in the matrix chat and have flagged this again to Ernest. I know initially about 2 months ago when the exodus happened that he was scrambling around trying to keep the server running as everyone joined.
Over the last few weeks he's be busy with a flood of PRs with either fixes, new features or support for the upcoming API integration.
I had no idea this ticket existed (mostly because there's been almost 1000 tickets submitted and I've been working on improvements)
Hopefully he can have a look at this and fix these issues soon, I seriously don't think this was done maliciously, but I'll do what I can to raise it (I have minimal exposure to open source licensing so I don't want to touch these files myself)
I understood some of those words.
Heard they stole it from a trans woman. Wouldn't that make the kbin dev transphobic?
Edit: Wow a lot of transphobes already downvoting ne
Only in the same way that stealing code from a PoC would make me racist, stealing code from a Jew would make me anti-semitic or stealing code from a woman would make me sexist.
Since, without proof of any of that you're just making shit up I'm going to go with the reason that your post is being downvoted is that ITS JUST FUCKING STUPID.
Please don't derail the thread with this accusation, you're not helping. Stick to the topic at hand (the license being willfully violated) and don't speculate.
Doing something shitty to a trans person is only transphobia when you're doing it because they're trans, yet you've provided no substantive evidence for this claim. It also does not align with what Ernest has said in this thread and others. Saying shit like this without evidence is trashy and irresponsible and THAT is why you're being down voted. Do better.
All he's said in this thread is that he's not giving her the credit he promised to give her because he would have to "label sections of the code" which 1. Isn't true (read the zlib license for yourself) and 2. Would not be any kind of a roadblock if it were true.
That's not how transphobia works. That's straight up US conservative victim complex type of framing.
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You're getting downvoted because you're spouting rubbish without actually providing any evidence, not because people are "transphobic".
Not every unfortunate action that happens to trans people can be attributed to people being "transphobic", like it's a coordinated attack
No, a cis man telling a trans woman he'll give her credit for her hard work "today" and still making strained excuses to avoid doing it 2 months later isn't problematic at all. How dare you drag his good name through the mud? Don't you see how hard he's working to have his people slightly reword her code so he can avoid having to name her in the codebase?
I'd like to highlight that there's been a recent PR that's added the licensing to several files