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> I'd hate to see a fork of it with ads Having seen this happen with Connectbot and others, I'm under the impression that open-sourcing Android apps isn't wort
by cbhl 13y ago
> I'd hate to see a fork of it with ads
Having seen this happen with Connectbot and others, I'm under the impression that open-sourcing Android apps isn't worth it, in spite of what your principles about software may be.
Which makes me wonder, does this happen on other platforms (iOS, BB10, WP7/8) too, or is it just Android?
- e12e 13y agoHow about a licence with a special clause forbidding adware and/or "privacyware"? As long as you hold copyright, you could always offer different licensing if anyone had a genuine need for it (say re-licence under GPL for some "worthy" project, or re-sell under BSD for a price).
- claudius 13y agoWhile certainly possible, I see two caveats here: a) The ‘worthy project’ would have to license their product under GPL, too, which has the obvious effect that the whole thing is properly open-sourced again and everybody can slap ads on their stuff. b) A license forbidding the modification to add advertisements is certainly not DFSG-free, and while this is likely of less concern in the Android ecosystem, I tend to measure the open-sourcness of a programme by its possible inclusion in Debian.