Looking for the source? https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay ----- My mobile plan is prepaid, and I d

Looking for the source? https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay ----- My mobile plan is prepaid, and I discovered that one turn-based puzzle I would play with my partner would consistently use more than half of my data for the month. Since discovering this 'the hard way' (i.e. running out of data before the next monthly renewal) I go out of my way to search for apps that don't have any in-app purchases and advertisement---often getting .apks directly from git repositories. (Why in-app purchases, too? Some locations have atrocious cell coverage. Ever try to open a tuner, visual metronome, audio recorder, or room acoustics meter right before a performance and discover it won't go beyond the splash screen until the app can phone home? I have...) It's infuriating to discover that the open-source audio recorder I use was copied with virtually no changes (other than branding) and is one of the top ad-supported, closed-source apps in the Play Store. same deal with 2048: You can find a few totally ad-free versions, but all of the top results have ads inserted. I suspect this copy-and-monetize scheme affects at least 3 of the other apps I use regularly. People regularly take and abuse the work of others, and it's bullshit. OSS as the idealists see it? It doesn't have teeth. In fact, the Play Store pushes free results to the bottom and has a financial incentive to promote ad-supported ripoffs. I'm glad to see someone with a following offer useful software and proactively stave off the leeches. ----- I'm also curious on the opinions (author's or others) of Ardour, which is open-source (plus build logs are available, which really streamlines getting the right dependencies on Windows) but binaries are all kept behind a paywall. Rossmann seems to have the same model, except Ardour is GPLv2. I don't know enough about Kotlin and signing to know... is it possible to compile your own [free] version of this app if you are otherwise required to pay for the released binary? Then again... Other companies seem to fumble source + licensing and inconvenience well-meaning devs: Steinberg with the ASIO SDK but not the VST3 SDK, the latter offering a GPLv3 license. I'm unaware of Steinberg actually making money from ASIO (other than perhaps offering support to hardware manufacturers, and there are not so many) so the license choice is confusing and gets in the way of mass usage of ASIO with something popular AND simple compared to other DAWs: Audacity.