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Simple Mobile apps have been very popular among FOSS enthusiasts. I've personally been using the Gallery, Contacts and the Phone app since a few years now. It's a shame that it has come to this, will be on the lookout for their forks.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

AFAIK the code is all GPLv3 so they won't be able to close-source it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I mean, a fork is indeed possible and in progress. But the main version on the Google Play Store will almost certainly be no longer open-source.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Why do you say that? Unless they completely rewrite the app from scratch it is not even possible to have a closed-source version of the app. That's what the GPLv3 does.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    If all the developers of the GPLv3 version agree to relicense their contributions, it's unfortunately possible to close-source further versions of the source code. Does somebody know if Simple Apps accepted external contributions?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's like 100-200+ individual contributors to each of the apps. Practically impossible for everyone to agree to relicense especially considering the community reaction to the sale.

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