[cbhl]

> I'd hate to see a fork of it with ads

Having seen this happen with Connectbot and others, I'm under the impression that open-sourcing Android apps isn't worth it, in spite of what your principles about software may be.

Which makes me wonder, does this happen on other platforms (iOS, BB10, WP7/8) too, or is it just Android?

[e12e]

How about a licence with a special clause forbidding adware and/or "privacyware"?

As long as you hold copyright, you could always offer different licensing if anyone had a genuine need for it (say re-licence under GPL for some "worthy" project, or re-sell under BSD for a price).

[claudius]

While certainly possible, I see two caveats here:

a) The ‘worthy project’ would have to license their product under GPL, too, which has the obvious effect that the whole thing is properly open-sourced again and everybody can slap ads on their stuff.

b) A license forbidding the modification to add advertisements is certainly not DFSG-free, and while this is likely of less concern in the Android ecosystem, I tend to measure the open-sourcness of a programme by its possible inclusion in Debian.