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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://paperbay.org/users/a/statuses/114487906226571008">Alexandre Dulaunoy (a@paperbay.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 16:28:40 JST</a><a href="https://paperbay.org/@a" title="a@paperbay.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/240298-48-20240204183229.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Alexandre Dulaunoy" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Alexandre Dulaunoy</a></section><article><p>Sometimes the situation with open source is paradoxical. I developed mmdb-server and GeoOpen to maintain a fully open toolchain for Geo IP lookup, yet now many people are submitting pull requests to reintroduce proprietary and closed databases.<br> <br>🔗 Original code base - <a href="https://github.com/adulau/mmdb-server" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/adulau/mmdb-server</a></p><p><a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/opensource" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/geoip" rel="tag">#geoip</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/freesoftware" rel="tag">#freesoftware</a> </p><p>If you're curious, check out the current pull requests and network forks to support proprietary databases. Why not invest that effort into improving open GeoIP instead?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5035858#notice-9872148">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-05-11T16:28:40+09:00" title="Sunday, 11-May-2025 16:28:40 JST">about 8 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://paperbay.org/@a/114487906226571008" rel="external" title="Sent from paperbay.org via ActivityPub">paperbay.org</a></span></span><a href="https://paperbay.org/@a/114487906226571008">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: opengraph.githubassets.com</div><h5><a href="https://github.com/adulau/mmdb-server#opensource">GitHub - adulau/mmdb-server: mmdb-server is an open source fast API server to lookup IP addresses for their geographic location.</a></h5><div></div></header><div>mmdb-server is an open source fast API server to lookup IP addresses for their geographic location.  - GitHub - adulau/mmdb-server: mmdb-server is an open source fast API server to lookup IP addres...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Alexandre Dulaunoy (a@paperbay.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 16:28:40 JST Alexandre Dulaunoy
Sometimes the situation with open source is paradoxical. I developed mmdb-server and GeoOpen to maintain a fully open toolchain for Geo IP lookup, yet now many people are submitting pull requests to reintroduce proprietary and closed databases.

🔗 Original code base - https://github.com/adulau/mmdb-server
#opensource #geoip #freesoftware
If you're curious, check out the current pull requests and network forks to support proprietary databases. Why not invest that effort into improving open GeoIP instead?
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