One thing I kind of always want to see when I find cool resources like this are "How are you funded?". Because if it's not clear then have to there's a high risk it's a rug-pull, virus or might one day be either. There's just too many secretive "Here's a super free perfect tool for you!" rug-pulls out there.

"We're funded by the goodness of a team of volunteers" is a great answer.

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aarond0623 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Celestia had been operating for years. I was using it 20 years ago.

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dotancohen a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you new to the concept of open source?

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moritonal a day ago | parent [-]

That's rude. Yes, I've contributed to a few. However, here is a list of open-source software that've notoriously turned to unethical decisions when pressured into getting funding.

Audacity: Free until 2021 when they were bought and introduced telemetry.

Streamlabs: Open-source but tried to monetise and attack the OBS brand

Bitwarden forks: Various forks of open-source code that included monetisation

OpenOffice: Great desktop apps until bought by Oracle

CCleaner: "free" software that contained trojens.

HoverZoom: Chrome plugin sold by original dev, new update included spyware and ads.

As I said, I don't mind if the answer is "we are volunteers who love this", but I do ask that formal webpage presenting a product, that even has an FAQ page, explains it's funding model. Their github (https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia) is much better at this.

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OrderlyTiamat a day ago | parent | next [-]

It is my experience that if there is a github for a project like this, that's usually a much better source of information than the landing page.

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dotancohen 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is asking about your experience rude? Lots of people have no clue what open source is. I'm sitting next to two of them right now.

Being offended so quickly, I'm tempted to ask if you're new to the internet ))

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hdNLouie a day ago | parent | prev [-]

moritonal, did you also just `conveniently' forget: Github? And heinous:

openAI: Microsoft has invested US$13 billion in OpenAI, and is entitled to 49% of OpenAI Global, LLC's profits, capped at an estimated 10x their investment.

	▲	moritonal a day ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, but I don't understand your comment. Github exists sure, but many open source projects have turned sour due to bad funding models. And OpenAi, isn't any of the things it says it is.