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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), |
8 | Onivim is **proprietary** software. It is licensed under a commercial | 8 | Onivim 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), |
10 | which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats. | 10 | which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats. |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2), | 12 | Onivim's core editor logic (bits that belong to vim), have been separated from |
13 | but its licences make it fall under the 'source available' category and not | 13 | the interface, into [libvim](https://github.com/onivim/libvim). libvim is |
14 | 'open source'. They do mention that the source code trickles down to the | 14 | licensed 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) | 15 | adherence to [vim's license text](http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license)! |
16 | MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repo. | 16 | Outrun Labs are exploiting this loophole (distributing vim as a library) to |
17 | commercialize Onivim. | ||
17 | 18 | ||
18 | Contributing to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions. | 19 | Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2). |
20 | They do mention that the source code trickles down to the | ||
21 | [oni2-mit](https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit) repository, which (not yet) contains | ||
22 | MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repository. | ||
23 | |||
24 | Want to contribute to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions. | ||
19 | Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, 'pre-alpha' pricing which is 80% off the | 25 | Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, 'pre-alpha' pricing which is 80% off the |
20 | final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using | 26 | final 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. |