top | item 44977960 Open Source Maintenance Fee 10 points| nilsbunger | 6 months ago |github.com 7 comments order hn newest password4321|6 months ago As discussed last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44669858 (2025-07-24, 252 comments) nilsbunger|6 months ago Interestingly, they've made only the source code open-source. They require a license agreement to download releases. See for example: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/releases/tag/v6.0.1 chii|6 months ago so in theory, someone could download the source, rebuild, and redistribute a release which would then bypass the Open Source Maintenance Fee, wont it? load replies (2)
password4321|6 months ago As discussed last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44669858 (2025-07-24, 252 comments)
nilsbunger|6 months ago Interestingly, they've made only the source code open-source. They require a license agreement to download releases. See for example: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/releases/tag/v6.0.1 chii|6 months ago so in theory, someone could download the source, rebuild, and redistribute a release which would then bypass the Open Source Maintenance Fee, wont it? load replies (2)
chii|6 months ago so in theory, someone could download the source, rebuild, and redistribute a release which would then bypass the Open Source Maintenance Fee, wont it? load replies (2)
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