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[-] plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

From their website:

After 12 months as a paying customer, you get a copy of the source code.

That's an interesting arrangement. I guess there's nothing wrong with it. But I'm not sure what the benefit is supposed to be since they presumably retain exclusive rights to use that code commercially.

[-] pantherina@feddit.org 1 points 17 minutes ago

That is not open source at all though lol wtf

12 months trust me bro

[-] kossa@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

retain exclusive rights to use that code commercially.

Which would enable you to run your private instance, if you'd like.

[-] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Maybe, but if they're using paid APIs for access and not scraping like SearXNG, you may not even be able to set up a paid API account on many search engines, so your instance may be heavily limited.

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 2 points 4 hours ago

Is it a copy or access to their repo? If you just get a copy once, it does not really enable people to selfhost it.

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