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Their server (PHP 8) is Free Software under the GPL v3 but I can't find any link to the SQL dump mentioned in the README that one would need to actually run it.

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Base sql dump is in database.pgsql, then they got patches on top of that in /migrations Afaik only one developer deploys this code to the webserver and last time I tried it wasnt reproducible https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1207261#p1207261 I suspect he is the only one who ever does build whole project, or maybe no one ever builds it from scratch. I think problem is in the database with codebase expecting never dump.

They claim to be looking for volunteers https://blog.theretroweb.com/2023/04/25/the-retro-web-is-loo... but I got no reply asking for help building.

Thank you, I see it now.

Where do you see such a requirement?

I think the GP was talking about the database schema and not the actual data. If they were talking about the data it sounds like it would be in reference to the setup guide of the project.

Not even the AGPL has such a requirement.

You are both right, I did not mean that they had any obligation but I see how it could be read that way.

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