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PySimpleGUI is now closed-source (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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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[–] bmaxv@noc.social 29 points 9 months ago (13 children)

@ebits21 #PySimpleGUI #python #opensource

🎶 Another bites the dust. 🎶

Moves like this are a bit... strange? It was on github. There are 1.8k forks, with intact LGPL. What is happening here? Is their dev work worth 99$/year ? Not saying people don't deserve to get paid for their work. I'm just not seeing the business case for this.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They claim that not enough people donated, hence the change in licensing. But yeah, I don’t see the business case. I imagine commercial devs will just move on to something else.

It’s just a wrapper for other GUI libraries.

That and I’m sure it’ll be forked.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah, if people didn't think it was worth donating to before, they sure as shit aren't going to pay for it now that it's also closed source. What's their value prop even supposed to be here?

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