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At the time of writing Summit for Lemmy should be completely open source.

After a lot of contemplation I've decided to open source the app. There are still some changes that probably need to happen before it can be considered "FOSS" but this is a huge step I think.

As I'm voiced my opinions on this previously, the main repository for Summit will not be to the public for PRs. If you encounter bugs or have any feature requests please continue to send them through the proper channels (ideally to this community).

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa, shit. That's awesome of you and also remember: most people are idiots and the dumbest ones are loudest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why this disclaimer? Is this something that people that open their projects should know?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whenever you give your free time and energy to build something open source for the world, there are always some people who say “why aren’t you giving me 10x more, you lazy dev” 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I should have known 😆

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think dev was skeptical about judgement for their code

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm skeptical that the code would be bad, considering Summit is a top-notch app.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

That's great, I like how Summit looks, and that's another very big green flag for it!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you use this, give them moneys!!

https://www.patreon.com/SummitforLemmy

@[email protected] thank you hugely for both the software, and committing to open source!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No problem. Thanks for the support!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are still some changes that probably need to happen before it can be considered "FOSS" but this is a huge step I think.

The source is available and the license is definitely free. What else is there keeping it from being FOSS?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh I thought it couldn't have proprietary dependencies but that's not apparently true. Nevermind. I guess it is FOSS now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you're getting confused with f-droid compliant

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I cannot find a definitive answer on whether or not a program with a proprietary dependency can still be considered FOSS. But you did?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know about definitive...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

My favorite client just got better

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Congratulations that you finally decide to open source it, I hope the nature of Lemmy didn't force your hand :p (joking... A bit).

In real honesty I can't wait to see the big improvements the app gets along the way, you have pretty much perfected this app with each update and if the community can help you to improve it further it just means you are gonna keep spreading the love with this app ;)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

The best android app!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just the day I decided Summit is the client for me, I only wished if it would be opensource... lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Can you wish for some more things please

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

That's amazing, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool. Any plans on publishing this to F-Droid?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I love this!!! I recently switched from Summit to Thunder because it bothered me that it's not FOSS. But frankly, I prefer Summit and I missed it. It looks like I can switch back to it. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well I'm sold. Sorry ljdawson.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Let's goooo!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Holy, Thanks ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why did you open 2 repositories?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The repository didnt use to be public and I wanted a way for people who didnt want to use Google Play to get the app. I did some research and found out people often used obtainium which works with github. So I decided to make a 2nd repository which I can make public and just release all the APKs to it.