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Someone finally did it, it's completely local, and it's MIT licensed! Based on GitHub history, development only started about 3 years ago.

And: It doesn't make your browser crawl, which still surprises me.

I have to admit that I don't use it much (I've got it mostly hidden, there are several tweaks related to visibility), but it is amazing, as you put it, that someone finally did it, and got it mostly right!

Kudos.

MIT-licensed, which means that if they have any decent ideas in there Apple and/or Google can just take them all and slap them into the latest Safari or Chrome. AGPL would really be in the best interest of their codebase.

Maybe the authors don't mind if their ideas get incorporated in other projects? Maybe they are more interested in spreading their ideas than owning them?

I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding of the GPL is that the purpose isn't to retain ownership, it's to use ownership (granted under copyright laws) to ensure that the ideas can continue to spread.

The GPL doesn't prevent forks, it doesn't even prevent someone else profiting off the fork, it just requires that the fork can also be shared freely.

Exactly why I used the MIT license, even if it is on my ultimately non important stuff. I'd rather it was out there (potentially) being used by anyone that wants to for whatever purpose.

That sounds like a success? Not everyone is interested in getting their ego stroked.

Thank you very much for this!

thank you!

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