From 8f8e38fe3a2751d772beaeb9449f30df645e1d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NerdyPepper Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 21:57:12 +0530 Subject: clarifications --- posts/onivim_sucks.md | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'posts') diff --git a/posts/onivim_sucks.md b/posts/onivim_sucks.md index cd064d2..419b3bb 100644 --- a/posts/onivim_sucks.md +++ b/posts/onivim_sucks.md @@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ Apart from [buggy syntax highlighting](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/550 [broken scrolling](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/519) and [others](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22daily+editor+blocker%22), Onivim is **proprietary** software. It is licensed under a commercial -[end user agreement licence](https://github.com/onivim/oni2/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md), +[end user agreement license](https://github.com/onivim/oni1/blob/master/Outrun-Labs-EULA-v1.1.md), which prohibits redistribution in both object code and source code formats. -Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2), -but its licences make it fall under the 'source available' category and not -'open source'. They do mention that the source code trickles down to the -[oni2-mit](https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit) repo, which contains (not yet) -MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repo. +Onivim's core editor logic (bits that belong to vim), have been separated from +the interface, into [libvim](https://github.com/onivim/libvim). libvim is +licensed under MIT, which means, this 'extension' of vim is perfectly in +adherence to [vim's license text](http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license)! +Outrun Labs are exploiting this loophole (distributing vim as a library) to +commercialize Onivim. -Contributing to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions. +Onivim's source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/onivim/oni2). +They do mention that the source code trickles down to the +[oni2-mit](https://github.com/onivim/oni2-mit) repository, which (not yet) contains +MIT-licensed code, **18 months** after each commit to the original repository. + +Want to contribute to Onivim? Don't. They make a profit out of your contributions. Currently, Onivim is priced at $19.99, 'pre-alpha' pricing which is 80% off the final price! If you are on the lookout for an editor, I would suggest using [Vim](https://vim.org), charity ware that actually works, and costs $100 lesser. -- cgit v1.2.3