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PySimpleGUI GPL Recovery Mirror (github.com/andor-pierdelacabeza)
3 points by tecleandor on Feb 16, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



As posted a couple days ago [0] PySimpleGUI has moved from GPLv3 to a custom license with a subscription model (fine with me) but has deleted all its previous GPL code, making it dissapear from the repository.

I'm perfectly fine with looking for an appropiate funding model (and their subscription plans look simple and cheap), but I thing that removing all the GPL code from existence, even doing a force-push to the repository, is a petty move that really undermines the confidence in them.

Also, it could leave hanging some users that were pending updates or medifications.

Thanks to some users in HN, I've pulled the repo up to what seems to be the last GPL commit and created this mirror. Do whatever you need with it.

I have no idea of forking nor maintaining it, but I think it's helpful to have it somewhere for people that relies on it.

  0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39369353


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