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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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[–] HKayn@dormi.zone -1 points 9 months ago (10 children)

How else do you expect their time to be paid for?

Donations?

[–] bmaxv@noc.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

@HKayn This may sound cold hearted and I swear I'm not:

There is no obligation for the world in general to pay someone for open source software. (right now)

Everyone should think long hard about writing software and donating time and effort because of this.

I don't like this state of things, I would prefer some kind of "general usefulness" tax financed grant thing.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And this is exactly why the dev of PySimpleGUI did what they did.

Whether they have a business case will depend on what happens on those forks. Will they be as maintained as the original was?

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

not enough people donated

Sounds like entitlement to me

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