Show HN: HomeControl – HomeKit implementation in Go

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Pay attention to the license. This is not open source as it's for noncommercial use only. Still interesting, just saying.

What? The LICENSE file looks like the standard BSD 2-Clause, to me.

EDIT: I read it more closely; it's not a standard BSD, but it's definitely open source, just non-commercial.

Non-commercial does not meet the OSI definition of open source.

I was getting all geared up to argue with you, I looked up the OSI definition, and ... you're right. I wasn't aware the OSI had a definition, that'll be very useful!

Super cool project! Will definitely see if I can't get something set up at home with this.

I actually recently did my own framework, in connection with my bachelor thesis on IoT and (a little bit) mobile networks, that focused a bit on home automation, but HomeKit is obviously far more polished than what I have[0]. The general field of IoT/M2M is very interesting.

The only gripe I have with it is that it is not open-source, which would definitely be awesome (HomeKit, that is). That said, not being open-source is not going to stop me from not using it.

[0] https://github.com/Tehnix/cred-server

This looks great! Looking forward to hooking up my RaspberryPi with this!

I was waiting for this for a long time, thank you !

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