Show HN: Procedural-gl – open-source 3D mapping library built with Three.js

Re:Show HN: Procedural-gl – open-source 3D mapping library b... by ignoramous on Friday November 20, 2020 @05:48PM (#25166011)

Thanks.

A couple questions:

1. I can't help but notice the weak copyleft Mozilla Public License v2 license. Why not Apache v2 (permissive copyright) or why not GPL v3 (strong copyleft)?

2. Usually, companies with successful revenue streams open-source their product's complements [0] because open sourcing the core product itself has proven pretty detrimental otherwise [1]. Why open source (versus source available / open core) what I presume is your core product, as if to defy reality?

3. Where do you later plan to post about the project? I'd like to subscribe to it.

[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/

[1] https://www.heavybit.com/library/video/commercial-open-sourc...

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Re:Show HN: Procedural-gl – open-source 3D mapping library b... by pheelicks on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:34PM (#25166442)

Good questions.

1. Precisely because it felt like a good middle ground between the two. MIT/Apache feels like completely giving away something which doesn't seem fair, while GPL would put some people off. MPLv2 is GPL compatible so that won't stop anyone.

2. Yes, well, will see how it turns out. One strong counterexample in this space would be Mapbox, their client code is open-source and this doesn't seem to do them any harm

3. https://www.pheelicks.com/

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