That's an interesting arrangement. I guess there's nothing wrong with it. But I'm not sure what the benefit is supposed to be since they presumably retain exclusive rights to use that code commercially.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

retain exclusive rights to use that code commercially.

Which would enable you to run your private instance, if you'd like.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe, but if they're using paid APIs for access and not scraping like SearXNG, you may not even be able to set up a paid API account on many search engines, so your instance may be heavily limited.

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 3 points 1 day ago

Is it a copy or access to their repo? If you just get a copy once, it does not really enable people to selfhost it.

[–] pantherina@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

That is not open source at all though lol wtf

12 months trust me bro

[–] chmod755@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am using it. It's good. No AI bullshit.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Image search also good?

[–] pantherina@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You pay for it, how? Is the payment decoupled from searches? With metager it is

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I couldn't tell you because, again, I haven't used them, but I can tell you they have a very lengthy FAQ page for questions just like yours.

https://uruky.com/faq#o=3

Go nuts.

[–] pantherina@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Thanks

They are sooo weird

Source code will be made available to customers who have been paying for at least 12 months.

This is not open source and not even source available lol

Once your account has been active for at least 12 months, a Source Code link appears in the footer. You can download a ZIP of the current web app under the Business Source License 1.1, which converts to AGPL-3.0 two years after each bundle is built.

That is source available to open source but not actually because it is not yet available. So do they give everyone access to those archives? In theory only customers need access so this could be legal, IF every customer immediately gets access to that old A-GPL code.

You may self-host for personal, non-commercial use. Commercial use and competing products or services are not permitted.

This is not AGPL then lol, you can do what you want but you must publish source code

Please do not publish the archive publicly; this is for transparency, not a community open-source project, and we generally do not accept contributions.

Yeah no, if it was for transparency they would publish it at least to every customer.