Source.

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 SolísEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    If the next version is close-sourced, that means that it won’t be published in the repository that F-Droid follows to build their version. Yeah I think you’re safe.

      • Carlos SolísEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        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.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 year ago

          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.

          • Carlos SolísEnglish
            1•1 year 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?

            • @[email protected]English
              2•1 year 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.

              • Carlos SolísEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                Hopefully that’s the case! And hopefully somebody steps in legally in case the new developers decide to just ignore the GPL terms.