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https://www.getpaint.net/license.html https://www.getpaint.net/license.html
by brak1 9y ago
https://www.getpaint.net/license.html https://www.getpaint.net/license.html
- krylon 9y agoHuh. I thought it was open source. EDIT: Wikipedia says it used to be open source, but it went to closed source. Still free as in beer, though.
- rhencke 9y agoAnyone wondering as to why Paint.NET transitioned to closed source may find this insightful: https://blog.getpaint.net/2007/12/04/freeware-authors-beware-of-%E2%80%9Cbackspaceware%E2%80%9D/ https://blog.getpaint.net/2007/12/04/freeware-authors-beware...
- ue_ 9y agoDespite what happened to his software, which is clearly unfortunate, it's a shame to see it turn closed source. I would have thought that projects would be hopefully moving toward more free licenses.
- flukus 9y agoWhat license was it under? If it was something like BSD than it sounds like what people were doing with the program was legal.
- gpvos 9y agoMIT, and no. Even the BSD and MIT licenses don't allow you to remove the copyright notice.
- Spooky23 9y agoI apologize, unfortunately it's too late to delete or modify my comment. It was put on a list of free/open software that we can't use at work awhile back, apparently for another reason. I should have checked first.