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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by surgomat on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:49AM (#44310406)
I actually tried really hard not to

sent 15 emails over 9 months to the new owner, offering to help or even take over the repo but i had no replies.

Issues and PRs were ignored(you juste have to see the issues section of the report). Rebuilding from scratch was the only way to fix the licensing & continue the project i guess

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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by Asraelite on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:01AM (#44310517)
So why didn't you fork it?

And what specifically were the licensing issues? workout.lol is MIT from what I can see.

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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by surgomat on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:41AM (#44310860)
the code was indeed MIT.

The licensing issue I referred to was about the videos: many of them came from paid/licensed sources

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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by abtinf on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:39AM (#44310842)
I think the missing context here is what is meant by “fix the licensing”. Both the original project and this new one are MIT, so naively there doesn’t seem to be an issue.
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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by cAtte_ on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:36AM (#44310822)
just fork it?
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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by surgomat on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:42AM (#44310869)
the original project was built in javascript with a NoSQL backend (mongo).

I wanted to move to a more "new", (robust?) and maintainable stack with TypeScript and a SQL-based backend (PostgreSQL)

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Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform by abtinf on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:44AM (#44310887)
This makes a lot more sense and sounds like a good move for the overall health of the project.
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