Simple Mobile Tools is being sold to a for-profit firm ZipoApps - eviltoast

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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.

  • Carlos Solís@communities.azkware.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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?

    • stifle867@programming.devEnglish
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      11 months ago

      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.