Pinry
Infrastructure
self-hosted photo pinboard
SHOW HN2013
140points
41comments
#149of 1,739 in 2013
Top 9%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, fast UI
From 1 comment
UI looks clean and fast. Just curious, do you have any revenue model on this?
ajaxguy on HN
Useful for sharing inspiration with co-workers
From 1 comment
Thanks, I had the same issue. Some other suggestions: 1. Perhaps try shortening the copy. The large buttons could just read: Code (Github) | Demo Either increase the text size or…
msutherl on HN
Objections
AGPL license deters use
From 3 comments
Why the change from a BSD style license to the AGPL? While it looks like a neat project, and I'd use something like this for my personal use; but that particular license means I…
fotbr on HNagpl? People still think using that is a good idea?
DanBlake on HNAck, thanks for the catch. I cannot abide AGPL/GPLv3 because it renders accommodation a little too hairy. Thanks for identifying the fork point as well.
reeses on HN
Possible copyright issues with pinned images
From 2 comments
How do you see the issue of possible copyright infringement when self-hosting pinterest clone? Normally, if you republish copyrighted photo (even smaller version), you might get…
greyman on HNOn Pinterest, while they have a safe harbor according to the DMCA, the user can be sued by the copyright holder, just like here. In practice, I suspect most copyright holders…
icebraining on HN
Trademark concern over the Pinterest-like name
From 2 comments
Just a public service announcement: Please respect trademarks and avoid naming things tied to others peoples' branding work. I know it's usually an homage, but there's no reason…
snoonan on HNJust a public service announcement: trademark holders can't seize the centuries-old common English language for their private use.
Evbn on HN
Requests
Make the Demo button more prominent
From 1 comment
I suggest making the 'Demo' button more prominent! It's tiny and low contrast (white on light green). Both 'View the code' and 'Download' are bigger. People could ostensibly want…
cllns on HN
Honor a nopin meta tag
From 1 comment
Apparently pinterest does it via <meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" /> You could honor a 'content="nopin"'. It's be interesting if that became a standard (similar to nofollow…
cllns on HN
Offer a commercial license for hosting providers
From 2 comments
Consider licensing copies of pinry to hosting companies, so users can get one hosting service with all their apps, instead of maintaining so many services with separate billing,…
Evbn on HNDoes AGPL have any notion of boundary between AGPL and non-AGPL software components? Something like a lesser/library GPL seems more fair: the 'LAGPL' components people use is…
Evbn on HN
Questions
Why the change from BSD to AGPL?
From 1 comment
Why the change from a BSD style license to the AGPL? While it looks like a neat project, and I'd use something like this for my personal use; but that particular license means I…
fotbr on HN
Is self-hosting a Pinterest clone legal re copyright?
From 2 comments
How do you see the issue of possible copyright infringement when self-hosting pinterest clone? Normally, if you republish copyrighted photo (even smaller version), you might get…
greyman on HNYes, I understand that you are not responsible for that, and can't deal with it. I am just pondering whether it is possible to legally run Pinry-powered website, when I myself…
greyman on HN
Alternatives named
Original BSD-licensed pinry fork on GitHub
From 1 comment
If you are interested in using this for your own project look at the previous version at https://github.com/overshard/pinry, which has more friendly licensing terms (BSD, vs AGPL).
bobf on HN
Pinterest
From 2 comments
Why is this surprising. It's not exactly difficult to build something very like Pinterest.
hnriot on HNJust a public service announcement: Please respect trademarks and avoid naming things tied to others peoples' branding work. I know it's usually an homage, but there's no reason…
snoonan on HN