The DRM removal tool to remove DRM from ebooks was taken down from github and will most likely be taken down from gitlab soon as well. The more archives we have the better so im sharing the gitlab in hopes some Datahoarder types will archive it and keep it shared via torrents etc https://gitlab.com/bipinkrish/DeGourou

Heres an article about why it was taken down https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-targets-book-drm-removal-tool-with-dmca-takedown-230714/

Edit: does anyone here use https://radicle.xyz/ ? Its a p2p network built on top of git and could be a good way to host it while still being able to contribute to it besides making a .torrent for archiving

  • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know what Lichess is, but Debian has plenty of beefy sponsors, including Google and HP. Their monetisation strategy is sponsorship and it works. But they still have monetisation, that’s the thing.

    • tartar@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ll be honest, I didn’t think about that kind of sponsorship. In my comment I was thinking of something more like the sponsor relationship between Red Hat and Fedora. However… this thread started with you saying Gitea has no future because

      It seems to be FLOSS without a company trying to sell premium features behind it.

      Which it definitely does, and is. Gitea also does have sponsors in the same sense as Debian that you mentioned, though not giants like Google or HP.

      I also think that saying small projects necessarily stagnate and die is wrong, though, as my other examples show.

      • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I just checked your three examples. All of them accept donations of various forms and Lichess also has a merch shop :)

        Oh, by the way, your previous point about piracy. You might not be aware, but it’s a huge industry as well with plenty of money going around.