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> I wish devs would take the spirit of GNU and just release some simple free apps The "spirit of GNU" was a bunch of guys working on an ecosystem of software t
by ketralnis 13y ago
> I wish devs would take the spirit of GNU and just release some simple free apps
The "spirit of GNU" was a bunch of guys working on an ecosystem of software that the participants were all developing on and sharing together.
It wasn't some guy who said "I want this thing for free, go forth and do it for me now kthx"
- droidist2 13y agoTrue, also GNU was/is made possible by university funding (MIT in particular but also others) and corporate donations (much of which ironically comes out of profits from proprietary software). Not really the same situation as an indie Android dev trying to put some food on the table with their apps.