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QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
- QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
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QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
emp00 > 2023-05-29 08:03
Dear Team,
FYI - on the QAP website the github-link is broken (404): https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/sources-and-credits/
May I ask, what about the statement as such on this page: "Source files repository available on GitHub."
I searched github for "quickaccesspopup" and only found this "active" repository (7 years old!): https://github.com/mrlucas84/QuickAccessPopup
Then, searching for "Jean Lalonde" -> I found at least "JnLlnd" here: https://github.com/JnLlnd?tab=repositories
... but no repository for QAP found there, only "good old" Folders Popup? Sorry for asking this stupid question, I was excited reading that it's free software and seemingly even "open source" but obviously this is not the case any more @github? Thanks for a clarification, what about the current status & future regarding the QAP source code. I know and I absolutely respect that "free software" does not need to be open source, all clear - I'm just coming from the statement on the website... :-)
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RE: QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
Jean Lalonde > 2023-05-29 09:55
Hi emp00,
I fixed (removed) the broken link. Some times ago, I had to make the QAP repository private because I made an error including the QAP code signing certificate in the repository. Even after deleting the file, it remains available in the repo history. Leaving it there would be a major security breach for QAP and my other apps. There is a way to remove a file from the history but it is very complex and risky. I haven't succeeded yet...
In the mean time, I put the QAP main source file available on the QAP website. See the source and credits page for the link. You will not be able to run QAP with this (you will need includes, etc.) but you will be able to search for pieces of code if you want to see how thinks are done.
About the "open source" statement, I don't think there is one on QAP website. If you do see it, please let me know where.
Jean -
RE: QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
emp00 > 2023-05-29 11:03
Hey Jean, thanks for the clarification.
- Regarding the issues of accidental publication of e.g. certificates, I read about this a few months back, github is aware of such issues and I think they added some functionality to at least detect and warn about this, e.g. check this out: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/applicat...detection/
- "open source statement", using google, first hit is this one: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/change-log/
Citation: "Version: 7.3 (2016-06-22) [...] - change license to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (still freeware and open source)"
So, is QAP "open source" or not? :-) Sorry for my persistency - this is not critics, just curiosity.
Downloading the main source ahk is now possible, many thanks for this!! I saw the link and had a quick glance.
Regarding libraries, at first glance only 3 are used and two of them are obviously "open source", at least freely available:
#Include %A_ScriptDir%\XML_Class.ahk ; by Maestrith (Chad) https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic....62&t=33114
#Include %A_ScriptDir%\QAPtools.ahk ; by Jean Lalonde
#Include %A_ScriptDir%\Class_LV_Rows.ahk ; https://github.com/Pulover/Class_LV_Rows from Rodolfo U. Batista / Pulover (as of 2020-11-22)
What about the QAPtools.ahk coming from your hands? Will this one be published as well or do you prefer not to? I searched google but nothing found.
Again, this is just out of curiosity - I love AHK and I love QAP and I really appreciate this masterpiece being shared with the public. To me it looks like "open source", see above :-)
Hint (no I'm not a lawyer): You publshed the ahk now without any clear hint on the "license" - maybe you could at least add a sentence about the license conditions for the source code on the download-page?
Reading the license.txt for the distributed QAP package: This is really short+general and it's not directly valid for the AHK source code. Right?
You seem to be refraining from using the terminology "open source" for QAP - why? -
RE: QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
Jean Lalonde > 2023-05-29 11:34
> - Regarding the issues of accidental publication of e.g. certificates, I read about this a few months back, github is aware of such issues and I think they added some functionality to at least detect and warn about this
Yes. But removing is the tricky part...
> Citation: "Version: 7.3 (2016-06-22) [...] - change license to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (still freeware and open source)"
> You seem to be refraining from using the terminology "open source" for QAP - why?
Yes. QAP *was* opensource. I won't change the history log. I stopped being qualified as opensource when I started selling QAP. When I stopped selling this, I did not reuse this opensource tag because I was not able to give access to the source (issue described earlier).
> What about the QAPtools.ahk
I changed the link on source file to link to a ZIP file containing all you should need. -
RE: QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
emp00 > 2023-05-29 13:46
Thank you Jean, much appreciated. -
RE: QAP sources - github link broken (open source yes or no?)
ccchan234 > 2024-01-17 09:02
(2023-05-29 11:34)Jean Lalonde Wrote: > - Regarding the issues of accidental publication of e.g. certificates, I read about this a few months back, github is aware of such issues and I think they added some functionality to at least detect and warn about this
Yes. But removing is the tricky part...
> Citation: "Version: 7.3 (2016-06-22) [...] - change license to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (still freeware and open source)"
> You seem to be refraining from using the terminology "open source" for QAP - why?
Yes. QAP *was* opensource. I won't change the history log. I stopped being qualified as opensource when I started selling QAP. When I stopped selling this, I did not reuse this opensource tag because I was not able to give access to the source (issue described earlier).
> What about the QAPtools.ahk
I changed the link on source file to link to a ZIP file containing all you should need.
hi, I believe in "source code available to customers/end users".
may I ask do QAP currently fit into this?
a signed .exe is good, but source code available is unlimited.
thank you.