Wire Chat App is now actually close-sourced
22 points · Open discussionwire
Wire for Business with Guest Accounts (fork of https://github.com/wireapp/wire-webapp)
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Observed mentions: 2018-02-10 02:10:43 UTC to 2018-02-15 02:19:04 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-10 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 2018-02-10 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-10 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 2018-02-10 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-10 18:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 2018-02-10 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 2018-02-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-11 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 2018-02-11 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-11 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 2018-02-11 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-11 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 2018-02-11 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-12 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 2018-02-12 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-12 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 2018-02-12 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-12 18:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 2018-02-12 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-13 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 2018-02-13 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-13 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 2018-02-13 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-13 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 2018-02-13 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-14 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 06:00 | 2018-02-14 06:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-14 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 12:00 | 2018-02-14 12:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-14 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 2018-02-14 18:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-15 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesWire Chat App is actually close-sourced
1 points · Open discussionWire Chat App is close-sourced because of Cross-Origin restrictions
3 points · Open discussionWire Chat App is close-sourced because of Cross-Origin restrictions
7 points · Open discussionWire App is exploiting the open source community (Cross-Origin restrictions)
2 points · Open discussionWire's open source chat app's restrictions on Allow Origin
1 points · Open discussionWire chat app restrictions on CORS void company's open source contract
4 points · Open discussion