This came up in a discussion about Typst with my brother. He mentioned that there are projects which have been open source for short term, before they change the project’s license to a closed source or introduced more restrictive elements, for example not releasing compiled binaries anymore or focusing more on paying customers. In that sense slowly moving away from open source’s ideas.
While I have read somewhere a long time ago that Typst CLI will always be open source and the web app will be closed source, I’m not sure anymore from where exactly. Is Typst as open source guaranteed or should we the community simply trust Typst GmbH and hope for no rug-pull-esque move?
While these might sound like a lot of statements, it’s more in the shape of thoughts. What are your thoughts on this and does this question fit the questions category?
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See Typst: Open Source > Will Typst remain open-source?
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Thank you :)
I’m hoping that the developer team’s future actions stay true to this statement…
That’s the only thing I as a typst user can do, except for changing typesetting systems (which I do not intent to do for now).
I just don’t want to have a Mozilla removes No Data Selling statement from website situation again (Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic - Ars Technica) or Tabler.io moving compiled font files to paid tier without any communication.
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I am not concerned.
If only due to the funding they receive from EU and German public institutions, where the trend is shifting away from closed (US centric) software to open and EU origins now.
And, they are a registered company (GmbH) which in Germany means being subject to an, in my view, reasonable amount of regulation and thus accountability.
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