Remove Closed Source Projects

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Remove Closed Source Projects #147

Closed tursics closed 3 years ago

tursics commented 3 years ago

Public visible code is not Open Source. An Open Source Project needs an Open License. The project "Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Pankow" does not define a license. So this project is not open source.

Please discuss different solutions:

remove this project from the list
mark this project as a candidate for Open Source
get in touch with the project host to define a valid license on github
more ideas?

Thanks, Thomas

tori-d commented 3 years ago

Hey Thomas! The repository in question (the Vikus Viewer) does have a license defined in its Readme: https://github.com/cpietsch/vikus-viewer ("You may use VIKUS Viewer under the terms of the MIT License. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License for more information. Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Christopher Pietsch, and contributors"). I can ask Christopher, the owner, if it would be possible for him add a LICENSE file to the repo so this shows up correctly in the metadata for the repo.

tursics commented 3 years ago

Thanks Tori. That would be perfect.

Projects with MIT license must contain the complete license text somewhere. "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." The LICENSE file is the best solutions for that

tori-d commented 3 years ago

Ok, there is now a LICENSE file in the repo in question (https://github.com/cpietsch/vikus-viewer/blob/master/LICENSE.md) and our entry for the project is also updated (https://berlinopensource.de/projekt/kunst_pankow/). Accordingly, I'll now close this issue :)