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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by ncann on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:42PM (#27252247)
I think the main problem is Retool is using the faker cloud api directly behind the scene (?) and the generated data is hosted on the faker cloud CDN (?).
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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by slver on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:56AM (#27253437)
It's not using the cloud API. All this logic is in Faker.js itself, and apparently Retool unwittingly lifted it with the rest.
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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by Eikon on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:45PM (#27252270)
But they are paying for it so what's the issue?
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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by accountofme on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:07AM (#27252375)
Copyright infringement?
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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by HideousKojima on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:09AM (#27252385)
It's MIT licensed. If they're actually reselling the API (and not hosting their own instance) then it could potentially be in violation of the terms of service, but that's it.

Using images from Faker's CDN is scummy and potentially illegal, but fairly minor overall.

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Re:Monetizing open-source is problematic by accountofme on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:28AM (#27276010)
If you are using images that someone else createdbwithout permission or license that is copyright infringement. If you are also using data created from a service and use it in your product again without permission or license this is also copyright infringement.
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