looking for maintainer

[thomasnordquist]

With a time consuming job and family, coding in the off-hours is not as easy as it was before.

This project could use some help to stay running and even improve.

Thanks for @bj00rn who already put in some work to get the ball rolling again.

[scubanarc]

Have you considered possibly reverting the project back to AGPL so that others can fork it and move forward? It seems like that would solve the problem.

[ilgrank]

Thanks @thomasnordquist for coming back for an update!
While I can't help on the programming side of things (being no programmer) sure I can help spread the word.

[procule]

Have you considered possibly reverting the project back to AGPL so that others can fork it and move forward? It seems like that would solve the problem.

Yeah I agree with this. It’s a bit funny to ask for help but still keep a license that says “look but don’t touch.” I think people would like to help, but with that kind of restriction, it’s not really possible to do much. Opening things up is pretty much necessary if the goal is to get people involved.

[thomasnordquist]

Have you considered possibly reverting the project back to AGPL so that others can fork it and move forward? It seems like that would solve the problem.

While the current licence is not as restrictive as it appears, at this point it also won't the project.

[chaos-dotcom]

The issue is with that is that appearance's are everything,

What are your main objections to switching it back to AGPL?

[chaos-dotcom]

If I wanted to make a fork of this project legally I can't.
And this means that any forks in order to submit pull requests are technically illegal.
I can't actually contribute to the project. It's a bit of a catch-22 scenario.

[scubanarc]

If I wanted to make a fork of this project legally I can't.

I believe you can fork it and edit your fork, but you cannot distribute your edits. It's the ND part of the license that halts all progress on this project.

[chaos-dotcom]

I hate to be a lawyer, because I am not a proffesional pedant but wouldnt distrubution also just include having that fork public on github?
It is an absolutely bizzare choice of a License. that has totally stunted basically the only avalible Free (as in money) Open Source, MQTT Viewer/Diagnoser.

I currently can't get this working natively on arm without it crashing, a problem someone would have sorted if Deliveratives allowed.

[scubanarc]

wouldnt distrubution also just include having that fork public on github?

You are correct, your fork must remain private to avoid violating the license.

[ilgrank]

Still actively trying to let others know about your search for maintainers.
To everyone interested in the future of MQTT Explorer: please help spread the word!

[ilgrank]

While the current licence is not as restrictive as it appears, at this point it also won't the project.

Sorry @thomasnordquist , but this answer is a bit cryptic to me.. what do you mean by that? Can you clarify please?
Also, the dev OpenMQTTGateway also has doubts about the possibility of helping given the current licence:
https://community.openmqttgateway.com/t/a-little-ot-but-please-read-mqtt-explorer-is-seeking-for-a-maintainer/4233

Possibly the licence is really a key factor in preventing external help after all?

[ilgrank]

@thomasnordquist : I would gladly try to help, but it's actually quite difficult to get in touch with you.
Can you contact me privately, if github issues isn't the right way? :)