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[–] isthereanydeal@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Pls explain. I cannot see how it is shareware with an AGPL licence behind it and full code published. Or is it just fud ?

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

fud, it's "shareware" in the sense that there's a dismissable popup that asks you to pretty please pay 100$, but it's AGPLv3 and no features are locked behind the paywall.

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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Huh. So anyone could maintain a fork or patchset and distribute builds that were feature-for-feature identical to Immich but with no nag screens. Just an interesting thought.

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[–] TrumpetX@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

You can already do this with their custom css. I did it for about 5 minutes and then realized paying $99 was the right thing to do. It's a reasonable ask on their part.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know about Immich, but in other FUTO projects you click the "I've paid" botton and it's disabled, even if you didn't pay. FUTO licensed code says you can't remove the pay button in derivative works, but Immich is AGPL so that doesn't apply.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

So we need to make a patch then. Not great but fine.

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[–] P13@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Sorry, that’s what I grew up calling paid software that was free to use in practice. That effectively how Immich is presented now. There is a button to buy a license which changes to an (optional) supporter badge once purchased.

For the record, I am very happy with the software and paid for a license. I can see why people are bothered with Futo’s language but I personally can’t complain with how they’ve handled the project itself.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

I love FUTO's "license" policy. Basically, the license only shows you've paid, and in many cases, you can click the botton without paying and get the same badge. They're basically encouraging donations through guilt.

People should donate to projects they use, and I think FUTO's nudge is a good idea that more projects should adopt.