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by doix 918 days ago
Slightly off topic, but has anyone read the license[0]?

This point feels really odd to me:

> Creating an admin panel tool (like Laravel Nova or ActiveAdmin) that is made available either for sale or for free.

I mostly get the other restrictions. You can't buy the kit then repackage it and sell it. But why can't you make an admin panel?

[0] https://tailwindui.com/license

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> In simple terms, use Tailwind UI for anything you like as long as it doesn't compete with Tailwind UI.

That part I guess explains that. Tailwind UI makes admin panel themes and components so that’s a direct competition.

I think you can make an admin panel for your own application backend or whatever. You just can’t sell a general purpose admin panel product. At least, that’s my reading of it.
Yeah, creating a postgres admin panel would probably fine.

Creating an admin panel for a blogging platform that gives the admin a WYSIWYG-like experience that leverages tailwind ui is probably too close to competition

It says "admin panel tool", which given the examples seems to me that the prohibition is not on creating a single purpose admin panel for a specific app.