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I enjoy the author's response, a reminder that excess piety does not grant you time out of someone elses day. After replying with this, he closes the ticket "I

• pessimizer 4y ago
  It's really the only healthy response. If you want to use his work, comply with his license. If F-Droid doesn't accept his licensing, they don't have to distribute it. The main reason I use F-Droid is because of the apps that they don't distribute. The standards they set allow me to feel safe installing unknown software. I like F-Droid for the same reason that Apple fanatics like their app store; because of what's not allowed.
  • calvinmorrison 4y ago
    The main reason I use F-Droid is because, it's closer to a Ubuntu style repository, that I can assume it's basically open source, maybe some licesning restrictions, certainly not like 'free' apps in the appstore designed to generate income for the author. And it's almost always me getting stupid apps that should just be part of the OS. A Calendar app, I can use without having a gmail account A note taking app A sound recorder etc.
  • marcosdumay 4y ago
    It's perfectly ok to ask if he want to change the license. Even more a change like this, that takes nothing at all from him. It's as ok as he not wanting to. The real question is why does local software come with a TOS? I would nope out of it without even reading, and would (and am) become a bit wary of F-Droid for including this.