[scottlamb]

“I have observed, throughout life, that a man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it.” — Father Strickland

Congratulations on your coronavirus open-source app getting distributed and presumably used! I know it sucks that they didn't credit you or honor the GPL by sharing their modified source, and folks downloading it from a not-exactly-trustworthy government isn't my first choice, but I sincerely offer you my congratulations nonetheless.

[dependenttypes]

I do not think that the quote is relevant to the topic.

[scottlamb]

I meant it as advice—better to celebrate the accomplishment than focus on the lack of credit. The latter leads to stuff like getting Apple to pull the app listing and having no one use it. I'd only do that if I believed Saudi Arabia had made it harmful in some way (eg spyware).

Also, please don't pay attention to the dated/non-inclusive wording ("man", "he"). I tried to just match the original version, although the attribution/provenance is (fittingly, I suppose) a bit uncertain.