Fine, I didn't know that guanchayuan was asking every single day despite you explained him.
I think the only way to calm down people asking for open source is to give a date of release.
There is a rough timeline available but hard dates so far have been bad for the coin. Until it makes it to RC5, no date can really be set.
I have a question about Darksend and the open source issue.
As I understand it, it's based on the coinjoin code. Is that correct. Coinjoin was released under the AGPL license which forbids derivative works to be distributed without source.
Is Darksend written from scratch then or is it modified from coinjoin source? If so, how is it able to be distributed without source code legally?
Coinjoin is not code, it's a concept, an idea. gmaxwell wrote about it here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279249.0With that said, I assume you're talking about this github repository:
https://github.com/calafou/coinjoin which is indeed AGPL. I honestly have no idea if some of Darksend's base code comes from here or not. It also sounds like the creator(s) is/are willing to work with you if you contact them.
Yes, I'm referring to the github repository. I must assume that Darksend implements the coinjoin concept from scratch, otherwise it would not be legal or right to distribute the program in object form only.
I do have full respect for the decision of the developer to release the code as he sees fit, as long as it's a completely original work... but I also have a lot of admiration and respect for GPL licensing, and I believe it should be honored. Open source software is the primary foundation upon which this whole crypto thing is possible, and the licenses ensure the public benefit of the authors' contributions are not usurped by private interests.
I did some poking around, but I didn't find an answer to verify that Darksend is not based on GPL'd code... I assume that it is not, but I was hoping someone here would know for sure.