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Cake day: September 1st, 2023

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  • @jonny@neuromatch.social I want to like this, but the repo and website do not convey this fundamental information about the project

    • what it is
    • what is does
    • why it does it
    • how it does it

    The repository only has deployment notes.

    The webpage has:

    • The name
    • A quote
    • What SciOp belongs to
    • A call to action addressed at… somebody
    • Some random stats

    It doesn’t mention “tracker” anywhere and only mentions “bittorrent” once.

    Please consider people who:

    • know nothing about the project
    • don’t care about who you are
    • have under 5 minutes (most likely 1 minute) to be intrigued
    • are not necessarily technically inclined

    Ask yourselves who the target audience is and maybe even state it on your webpage.

    Lastly, it’s probably too late to change the name and it’s a matter of taste, but making it a homonym to PsyOp make me immediately think that this has a connection to anti-vaxxers, chemtrail believers, flat-earthers, illuminati freaks, and just conspiracy theorists in general.

    Maybe I’m the only one thinking this, but as it currently exists, the project feels very much like the old-school C projects that assumed you were “in the know” before even arriving at the website or project. It does not make it inviting - at least not to me. It may be a completely false impression, but it is my impression nonetheless.

    Anti Commercial-AI license








  • This is the text is suggested to be added

    ## Open Source Maintenance Fee
    
    This project requires an [Open Source Maintenance
    Fee](https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/). While the source code is
    freely available under the terms of the LICENSE, all other aspects of
    the project--including opening or commenting on issues, participating in
    discussions and downloading releases--require [adherence to the
    Maintenance Fee](./OSMFEULA.txt).
    
    In short, if you use this project to generate revenue, the [Maintenance
    Fee is required](./OSMFEULA.txt).
    
    To pay the Maintenance Fee, [become a Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/<YOURORGNAME>).
    

    The EULA template can be found here. This is the part I find important

    1. Conflicts with OSI License

    To the extent any term of this Agreement conflicts with User’s rights under the OSI License regarding the Software, the OSI License shall govern. This Agreement applies only to the Binary Release and does not limit User’s ability to access, modify, or distribute the Software’s source code or self-compiled binaries. User may independently compile binaries from the Software’s source code without this Agreement, subject to OSI License terms. User may redistribute the Binary Release received under this Agreement, provided such redistribution complies with the OSI License (e.g., including copyright and permission notices). This Agreement imposes no additional restrictions on such rights.

    I think it’s a good attempt, but I’m not sure how it can be enforced. It would also need to be applicable to different jurisdictions. The project maintainer would have to know that somebody requesting a feature, commenting or participating in discussions is doing so in the name of the company 🤔

    Thank you for sharing this. It’s food for thought.

    Anti Commercial-AI license






  • This way, if the third party starts doing some bullshit like trying to lock me in, donating to a dickhead, or whatever else I disagree with, I can cancel my subscription, move to another third party, and keep all mails on my server.

    I would like to be able to change providers and have the emails available on multiple devices.

    IMAP allows multiple devices but leaves the emails on the server. POP pulls them from the server but that means they aren’t available to other devices anymore.

    The solution (I think) is to pull using POP onto a shared server, then make the pulled emails available using IMAP.

    Anti Commercial-AI license