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authorNerdyPepper <[email protected]>2019-08-02 17:27:12 +0100
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@@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ Apart from [buggy syntax highlighting](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/550
6[broken scrolling](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/519) and 6[broken scrolling](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/519) and
7[others](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22daily+editor+blocker%22), 7[others](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22daily+editor+blocker%22),
8Onivim is **proprietary** software. It is licensed under a commercial 8Onivim is **proprietary** software. It is licensed under a commercial
9[end user agreement licence](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md), 9[end user agreement license](https://github.com/onivim/oni1/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md),
10which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats. 10which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats.
11 11
12Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2), 12Onivim's core editor logic (bits that belong to vim), have been separated from
13but its licences make it fall under the 'source available' category and not 13the interface, into [libvim](https://github.com/onivim/libvim). libvim is
14'open source'. They do mention that the source code trickles down to the 14licensed under MIT, which means, this 'extension' of vim is perfectly in
15[oni2-mit](https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit) repo, which contains (not yet) 15adherence to [vim's license text](http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license)!
16MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repo. 16Outrun Labs are exploiting this loophole (distributing vim as a library) to
17commercialize Onivim.
17 18
18Contributing to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions. 19Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2).
20They do mention that the source code trickles down to the
21[oni2-mit](https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit) repository, which (not yet) contains
22MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repository.
23
24Want to contribute to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions.
19Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, 'pre-alpha' pricing which is 80% off the 25Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, 'pre-alpha' pricing which is 80% off the
20final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using 26final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using
21[Vim](https://vim.org), charity ware that actually works, and costs $100 lesser. 27[Vim](https://vim.org), charity ware that actually works, and costs $100 lesser.