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Grayjay is not Open Source (hiphish.github.io)

submitted 11 months ago by rglullis to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Today FUTO released an application called Grayjay for Android-based mobile phones. Louis Rossmann introduced the application in a video (YouTube link). Grayjay as an application is very promising, but there is one point I take issue with: Grayjay is not an Open Source application. In the video Louis explains his reason behind the custom license, and while I do agree with his reason, I strong disagree with his method. In this post I will explain what Open Source means, how Grayjay does not meet the criteria, why this is an issue, and how it can be solved.

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[–] rglullis 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Go ahead and tell me one piece of FOSS which was maintained by one person and got screwed over by MS/Amazon/Google. These big companies will more likely than not just hire the dev than trying to outcompete them.

On the flipside, tell me how many huge VC-funded companies started with "real" open source and then switched to a "source available" license after they acquired customers and favored profits over community goodwill?