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by droog 3372 days ago
From http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/contributor-guide.html:

> Fork is a term invented by GitHub.

No, it is not.

Also, do I get royalties for my contributions to this open source project? Since you're literally selling other people a gated license to the code I contribute, I'm wondering how this works from a legal perspective.
4 comments
JustSomeNobody 3372 days ago
> Fork is a term invented by GitHub.

Amazing, isn't it? With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it.

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tradersam 3372 days ago
> With the internet, we have this wealth of knowledge at our fingertips and yet so few use it.

And yet, you still can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

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JustSomeNobody 3372 days ago
You can at least fact check who invented the term fork.
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eliangcs 3372 days ago
Hi, author here. Thanks for the feedback! I'll fix that fork term mistake soon. That is a stupid mistake.

I just started this subscription recently as an experiment to see if I can make a sustainable open source project. I haven't made any money from it yet. And I haven't decided if and how we should give royalties with contributors. If I get lucky, the business model works, this topic is open for discussion among contributors.

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detaro 3372 days ago
Doing that without a Contributors License Agreement seems at the very least iffy. (AGPL + commercial isn't exactly unusual, but normally there is a CLA involved)
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matt4077 3372 days ago
The (A)GPL does in no way preclude you–or anyone–from selling it. It does, however, require you to provide source code, at least upon request, to those that have received non-source code versions.

That said, the specific arrangement in this case may be a bit strange. There's a "commercial end-user license agreement", which I'm pretty sure is not possible–unless they are the author of all the code in question, in which case they can make up as many licenses as they want.

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detaro 3372 days ago
right, "AGPL+commercial" in my comment meant AGPL + a commercial license.
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rckclmbr 3372 days ago
It isn't!? Next you're going to tell me that Atlassian didn't invent the term Spooning
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