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| author | NerdyPepper <[email protected]> | 2019-08-02 17:27:12 +0100 |
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| committer | NerdyPepper <[email protected]> | 2019-08-02 17:27:12 +0100 |
| commit | 8f8e38fe3a2751d772beaeb9449f30df645e1d56 (patch) | |
| tree | cf01b7b42c321454dd48ba7d8361e2c9614ad4a4 /docs | |
| parent | cb24fdee3386ff6957761cb0ea2a482bfcfd9fad (diff) | |
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| 49 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/519">broken scrolling</a> and | 49 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/519">broken scrolling</a> and |
| 50 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22daily+editor+blocker%22">others</a>, | 50 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22daily+editor+blocker%22">others</a>, |
| 51 | Onivim is <strong>proprietary</strong> software. It is licensed under a commercial | 51 | Onivim is <strong>proprietary</strong> software. It is licensed under a commercial |
| 52 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md">end user agreement licence</a>, | 52 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni1/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md">end user agreement license</a>, |
| 53 | which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats.</p> | 53 | which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats.</p> |
| 54 | 54 | ||
| 55 | <p>Onivim’s source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2">GitHub</a>, | 55 | <p>Onivim’s core editor logic (bits that belong to vim), have been separated from |
| 56 | but its licences make it fall under the ‘source available’ category and not | 56 | the interface, into <a href="https://github.com/onivim/libvim">libvim</a>. libvim is |
| 57 | ‘open source’. They do mention that the source code trickles down to the | 57 | licensed under MIT, which means, this ‘extension’ of vim is perfectly in |
| 58 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit">oni2-mit</a> repo, which contains (not yet) | 58 | adherence to <a href="http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license">vim’s license text</a>! |
| 59 | MIT-licensed code, <strong>18 months</strong> after each commit to the original repo.</p> | 59 | Outrun Labs are exploiting this loophole (distributing vim as a library) to |
| 60 | commercialize Onivim.</p> | ||
| 60 | 61 | ||
| 61 | <p>Contributing to Onivim? Don’t. They make a profit out of your contributions. | 62 | <p>Onivim’s source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2">GitHub</a>. |
| 63 | They do mention that the source code trickles down to the | ||
| 64 | <a href="https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit">oni2-mit</a> repository, which (not yet) contains | ||
| 65 | MIT-licensed code, <strong>18 months</strong> after each commit to the original repository.</p> | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | <p>Want to contribute to Onivim? Don’t. They make a profit out of your contributions. | ||
| 62 | Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, ‘pre-alpha’ pricing which is 80% off the | 68 | Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, ‘pre-alpha’ pricing which is 80% off the |
| 63 | final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using | 69 | final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using |
| 64 | <a href="https://vim.org">Vim</a>, charity ware that actually works, and costs $100 lesser.</p> | 70 | <a href="https://vim.org">Vim</a>, charity ware that actually works, and costs $100 lesser.</p> |