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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ebits21@lemmy.ca to c/python@programming.dev

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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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[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 18 points 8 months ago (9 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?

[–] peak_dunning_krueger@feddit.de 18 points 8 months ago (7 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.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago

binary blobs aren't really a security hole , since AFAIK the pypi team don't check every package for malicious code before they get shown publicly . it just shifts the trust from pypi to the library authors

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