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0 pointsmckirk2y ago0 comments

Apart from what foofie already pointed out, I think it is 'sad' in the sense that a project like this is

- one you might expect to be open source, since there is no monetary interest behind it besides an option to donate, and

- one that would potentially lend itself quite well to being open source, since it would offer a great base for other people to tinker around with their own cooling setups.

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fennecbutt2y ago

Given those points and given that fan control has been around for A G E S, the collective OSS community need only blame itself for the lack of an open project that has parity with FC.

pryelluw2y ago

Ok thank you. I see the linked project somewhere closer to shareware. I don’t expect that to be open source (my own expectation).

But seems over time we’ve moved away from shareware and maybe open source to open source shareware. I’m trying to grasp how the expectations of people have changed over time. Not looking to start a flame war.

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