Open Sourcing of Obsidian

Just saying, before this thread bubbles back up into arguments. It tends to come in waves.

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Wow, you were right.

Many people miss the point and make skewed arguments - MarkText is Open source and amazing for doing markdown.

Obsidian isn’t a ‘Markdown Editor’ - it’s more of a Notes manager and organiser.

It took place beside Joplin - which is a brilliant Notes app - but which is opaque…

If I save this page as Markdown right now, I can open it in Obisidan right now, and link it into my ‘Notes’ folder, or ‘Notes/Applications’.

However, as a Linux user, I can’t help feeling that every time I open something that isn’t Open Source, a baby dies somewhere…

I don’t understand the prejudice against Open Source - but I do understand that people feel the need to own their software and restrict it.

However, money is an issue. Some absolutely HUGE open source projects quit, because even after the world snaps them up, they still can’t get paid.

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