Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoStartup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it firstarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWhat is “trying to” open source though? Make the GitHub repo public, include the database schema, and you’re done.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 hours agoWhat ever could go wrong with that? Oh, right. Winamp very recently showed us exactly what could go wrong with that.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoThey might rely on parts that have non open sourced drivers or firmware. Perhaps different parts of the code were authored by different people and they need everyone approval.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoYeah it’s so simple, no way they could be the good guys, can’t have that.
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoLikely they have proprietary or otherwise private information they want to clean out first, or they want to make it more presentable or documented. I agree I’m not a fan of the “trying to” phrasing either.
OpenSourcing is a good move
What is “trying to” open source though? Make the GitHub repo public, include the database schema, and you’re done.
What ever could go wrong with that?
Oh, right. Winamp very recently showed us exactly what could go wrong with that.
They might rely on parts that have non open sourced drivers or firmware. Perhaps different parts of the code were authored by different people and they need everyone approval.
Yeah it’s so simple, no way they could be the good guys, can’t have that.
Likely they have proprietary or otherwise private information they want to clean out first, or they want to make it more presentable or documented.
I agree I’m not a fan of the “trying to” phrasing either.