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hmm, one of quite a few slack-a-likes out there.

One thing I wasn't too fond of in this case is that the Download: Source-code link on that page which has a github logo on it, doesn't actually go to a github page if you click it, it goes to a login/sign-up page for Total.JS and looking at the Total.JS github repo. page, this messenger app. doesn't appear to be there https://github.com/totaljs?tab=repositories

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I agree, that feels deceptive. At least it infringes on principle of least surprise.

There're a couple of links in the top bar and down in the page to https://github.com/totaljs/framework

That link in the README.md from their github repo redirects you to https://www.totaljs.com/messenger.

The messenger itself seems to be an (allegedly) open-source product that is only available to "premium members". Nowhere could I see a license nor source.

http://i.imgur.com/tUteVRV.png

Price seems to be low enough not to matter but I'm not paying if it's not MIT/GPL or any other O.S. license (I'm not saying it isn't, I just can't find it).

The repo is at https://github.com/totaljs/premium-messenger

The license seems to be MIT: https://github.com/totaljs/premium-messenger/blob/master/lic...

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