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by haskman 99 days ago
It's not just a technicality. FUTO not being FOSS means that the community cannot fork and maintain the keyboard in case of a rug pull. In addition, not being FOSS means that FUTO is not on fdroid, and requires a payment on other stores.
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>FUTO not being FOSS means that the community cannot fork and maintain the keyboard in case of a rug pull

But they can? It literally says anyone can do it as long as it's non-commercial.

>not being FOSS means that FUTO [...] requires a payment on other stores.

What are you talking about? It's free on google play.

> FUTO not being FOSS means that the community cannot fork and maintain the keyboard in case of a rug pull

> But they can? It literally says anyone can do it as long as it's non-commercial.

Commercial use doesn't only mean payment. If you modify FUTO, you can't use it at work for example.

In addition, FUTO License says this -

"Notwithstanding the above, you may not remove or obscure any functionality in the software related to payment to the Licensor in any copy you distribute to others. You may not alter, remove, or obscure any licensing, copyright, or other notices of the Licensor in the software. Any use of the Licensor’s trademarks is subject to applicable law."

> It's free on google play.

You are right. I had confused it with the donation link.