It’s comical that you guys throw at coinkite for this but then endorse a company like foundation
I mean it’s fine being an open source maximalist that do not believe in people building businesses with licensing protections but don’t endorse some shady ripoff like foundation because they are “open source”
Foundation isnt "open source"
theyre Open Source.
whereas CK and nvk like to grift as if they were Open Source
but they're "open source"
its dishonest and reprehensible.
and bitcoiners should insist on a completely Foss hww if its going to considered a flagship standard product.
Again comical to me that you will endorse a company like foundation for being Open Source while ignoring how they got their start and partnerships with shitcoiners
Fun thread to engage with today. Appreciate everyone’s thoughts and opinions
but NVK copies Trezor code and makes a product
and when other people do the same to him,
he changes the license and starts calling them commies 🤡
tell me you dont understand open source software without telling me...
Rules for thee
Not for me
I see it differently and also know I have biases being a loyal coinkite customer. I think you guys need to check your biases especially as they pertain to foundation. I would have less to say if you guys didn’t endorse those shitheads
Nvk leveraged trezors open source software and built a better device with a secure element (trezor refused to add a secure element then attacked the concept until they folded and integrated into their devices)
Foundation ripped off coinkite’s open source code to create an almost identical ripoff which is why coinkite switched licenses
May not be an open source expert like you guys but I think I have a good understanding of the facts here
It’s not an endorsement, use whoever the fuck you want but calling foundations an identical rip off while in the same breathe praising Coldcard when they did they same is lame. If it’s shitty for foundations to do its shitty for Coldcard to do. If it’s not shitty for Coldcard to do then it’s not shitty for foundations. I have no allegiance to foundations the example is purely because they used the code from Coldcard the same way as Coldcard did to Trezor that fact you can’t see that is concerning.
I feel like I’m the twilight zone now
How are you not understanding why I feel differently about what the two companies did?
Coinkite added a secure element and allowed Airgapped functionality with PSBT support. Massive improvements over trezors offerings at the time
Did foundation improve anything?
I feel differently because I think coinkite leveraged open source code as it was intended and improved upon the original code. I haven’t seen any evidence that foundation did anything to improve the coinkite code they stole
A Passport is significantly higher quality than a Coldcard.
Literally the entire point of open source is that people can use your code.
Is System76 shit for using Ubuntu to make Pop!OS? It was intended to be copied.
