edit: btw idk what the fuck an hrtcat is or if they’re even relevant i just wanted to post some ragebait. anyway if u need hrt go diyhrtwiki or diyhrtcafe

  • radiofreeval [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    62·
    11 months ago

    The code for kbin was completely stolen from a trans women

    Raddle it’s what was stolen to make kbin

    Raddle is open source. You literally cannot steal open source code (unless you violate the GPL, which kbin doesn’t), open source code is meant to be borrowed.

    • MinekPo1 [She/Her]@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      23·
      11 months ago

      *Postmill

      Raddle is the main instance of postmill. Also:

      Yes, I messed it up, I’m sorry. It’s because this time, when I started writing the code, I used my old repositories and snippets (back then, I was heavily inspired by Postmill). I wasn’t sure if the project would even leave my drawer, so I didn’t focus on it, I was just prototyping. I had plans to organize everything before the release of the first alpha version. This is my first major open-source project, and I haven’t developed good habits yet. So I have no excuse for myself. All I can do is apologize to Emma and all the PM contributors. I will fix it as a priority. 👍 - Ernest (kbin dev)

      […] I’m fine with you using them under attribution. - LitigiousEmma (postmill dev)

      See https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/196

      Also: Postmill is licensed under Zlib license not GPL. Even if, this would violate GPLs terms, as Ernest did not attribute the code to Emma.

      TL;DR: Some of the of the kbin source code was copied from/based on postmill, but its an issue of attribution. Some of kbins source code is original, as kbin has features (most notably federation) that postmill does not. This issue also only applies to kbins backend.

    • Odo [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Edit: It looks like the license issues has not been solved yet even though the author of postmill reported the issue about two months ago, for more info see here: https://raddle.me/f/fediverse/170274/a-reminder-that-kbin-is-still-violating-the-zlib-license-of

      The original post is exaggerating (not all the Kbin code is stolen code), but the Kbin creator used code from a different open source project without any attribution, so for a while it was, to an extent, similar to “stolen code”. Last I checked, the issue was resolved ~amicably, the kbin person provided attribution, and the original creator was satisfied (although I did read her say she was discouraged from continuing her project because she would have appreciated contributions to hers, instead of forking/not attributing).