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Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

ive made nothing from the advertisement on the home page - instead we were donated a server by snowcore to act as our proxy and caching server. No monetary gain has come from the advertisement and the storage server is paid out of pocket since we havent gotten much donations yet

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

our whole model is to be easily self hostable and open source - just like movie-web (who had devs openly showing their names and faces ect in their github profiles) as for my bad opsec im just a hobbyist developer who is contributing to an open source project for fun - nothing else can be proven

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Bookracy doesn’t exploit the copyrighted material for financial gain, unlike typical piracy websites that might sell access to pirated content or host popup / redirect ads for profit And for the part of me commiting a crime its always innocent until proven guilty - if it can be proven im storing the books fair play but weve taken precautions against that paying through crypto bulletproof servers ect

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

since its open source and the backend will be open source in the future (after i rewrite) i can still step away from the project and everything can be taken and hosted by a different person

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Revolt.chat

ill check it out ty for the suggestion

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

nah no worries i just realised i might have come off as hostile lmao 😁 ty for the support

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

only the frontend is vunerable to takedowns - our backend server is proxied thro a bulletproof hosting provider (our sponsor snowcore) masking the ip of the storage server thus making it not vunerable to takedowns

decentralisation isnt the only way to be immune to takedowns theres many more but i get your point

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

btw the frontend is all open source - the backend will be open source in a month or two after the reqwrite

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

thanks for the heads up about the bug ill fix it asap content is still being torrented and another 1mill books will be added to the collection in a few days so for larger files like these it may be in that collection

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

i didnt kno this would cause so much backlash 😭 we only set it as russian federation as jokes i can change it to north korea if you want it doesnt mean the project is from there

also anyone can register .ru domains, i got mine from cheapprivacy.ru where i paid in crypto - an .ru domain along with .su and .to are one of the best domains for piracy since they are very lax and ignore most takedown requests

Introducing a new open-source shadow library! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

no having a .ru domain is just precaution for takedown requests - ive been in the piracy game for quite a while and the tld's that are normally immune to takedown requests are .su .ru .to and .li I didnt know having a .ru domain would be this controversial and the github is only set to russian federation because of the .ru domain we have - if you check all the devs the times they are awake would all me western times

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Welcome to c/Bookracy! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

We're excited to have you here! Bookracy is dedicated to preserving knowledge and making it freely accessible for everyone by archiving millions of books and research papers for future generations. In this subreddit, you can look forward to weekly resource highlights, community discussions on open access and knowledge preservation, opportunities to contribute via our open-source GitHub project, and a space to share your ideas and feature suggestions. Whether you're here to explore, contribute, or connect, we're glad you're with us - let's work together to keep knowledge open and accessible to all. - The Bookracy Team

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Introducing a new open-source shadow library! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

Hey everyone! 📚 I’m excited to introduce Bookracy, an open-source shadow library dedicated to preserving and freely sharing knowledge. With a large and growing collection, Bookracy is (annoying) ad-free, non-profit, and lightning-fast ⚡—plus, it’s fully open-source and powered by a passionate community. Whether you're a reader, researcher, or developer, there’s a place for you here. Check out our Reddit, website, GitHub, and hop into our Discord to join the conversation and help grow this movement for open access! 🤝❤️

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