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Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 40 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Thats why you want open source software, its the only software you can trust, its the only software that won't fuck you over

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Until these mfs relicense their sht and we have to fork

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    at least forking is an option you can choose, and someone else with decent reputation in the foss community will probably also do it before you, instead of just accepting being fucked up the ass with no lube for the third time this week

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Except when it goes from open source to closed lol

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago*

    At which point it simply gets forked from the last release/commit. Unless the project nukes all of the history and no one comes forward with a backup.

    And, they would typically need the consent of every contributor to legally change the license, unless they had been forcing contributors to sign over rights to their code before contribution.

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