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DRM removal tool was taken down from github. If you can, please download it from gitlab before its taken down too (merv.news)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The DRM removal tool to remove DRM from ebooks was taken down from github and will most likely be taken down from gitlab soon as well. The more archives we have the better so im sharing the gitlab in hopes some Datahoarder types will archive it and keep it shared via torrents etc https://gitlab.com/bipinkrish/DeGourou

Heres an article about why it was taken down https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-targets-book-drm-removal-tool-with-dmca-takedown-230714/

Edit: does anyone here use https://radicle.xyz/ ? Its a p2p network built on top of git and could be a good way to host it while still being able to contribute to it besides making a .torrent for archiving

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what Lichess is, but Debian has plenty of beefy sponsors, including Google and HP. Their monetisation strategy is sponsorship and it works. But they still have monetisation, that's the thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, I didn't think about that kind of sponsorship. In my comment I was thinking of something more like the sponsor relationship between Red Hat and Fedora. However... this thread started with you saying Gitea has no future because

It seems to be FLOSS without a company trying to sell premium features behind it.

Which it definitely does, and is. Gitea also does have sponsors in the same sense as Debian that you mentioned, though not giants like Google or HP.

I also think that saying small projects necessarily stagnate and die is wrong, though, as my other examples show.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just checked your three examples. All of them accept donations of various forms and Lichess also has a merch shop :)

Oh, by the way, your previous point about piracy. You might not be aware, but it's a huge industry as well with plenty of money going around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Again, that's fine? You said Gitea has no future because there's no company trying to sell premium features behind it. A merch shop and donations aren't remotely similar to the relationship between Canonical and Ubuntu, and aren't commercializing the project or making its fundamental purpose profit-driven.