[–] nilsbunger 1y ago ↗ Interestingly, they've made only the source code open-source. They require a license agreement to download releases. See for example: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/releases/tag/v6.0.1 [–] chii 1y ago ↗ so in theory, someone could download the source, rebuild, and redistribute a release which would then bypass the Open Source Maintenance Fee, wont it?
[–] chii 1y ago ↗ so in theory, someone could download the source, rebuild, and redistribute a release which would then bypass the Open Source Maintenance Fee, wont it?
[–] password4321 1y ago ↗ As discussed last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44669858 (2025-07-24, 252 comments)
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