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I think there are some open source macOS apps that provide code but sell binaries on the App Store, no?
by orhmeh09 2y ago
I think there are some open source macOS apps that provide code but sell binaries on the App Store, no?
- Hamuko 2y agoI know at least of Textual. Open source but you can buy a pre-built binary for $10. Compiling it yourself was fairly easy when I tried it out once though. https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual
- Aurornis 2y agoYes, but it was sold to an acquirer by the original author. Making it open source would have interfered with the author’s profit goal. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to make profit from your work and protect the source. Likewise, you’re free to avoid software that isn’t open source. However, it’s useless to make these demands that someone should have open sourced their work when that clearly wasn’t in the best interests of their goals.