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I think this reaction is misdirected. Yes, the license is restrictive, but Gumroad doesn't seem to be claiming themselves that the code is open source. I think OP made a mistake out of ignorance and said that it was open source.


The founder of Gumroad is claiming that [1].

> 14 years ago, Gumroad launched

> Today, Gumroad goes open-source

[1]: https://x.com/shl/status/1908090697984426227


Thanks, this is new to me and not something I could infer from OP's link.


I think the original title for this submission also called it open source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43580533


Yes indeed, but OP is not Gumroad.




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