Thanks for the replies everyone. I've decided to not let my concerns overcome the most important thing of releasing the project as fully open source.
Just going to go with GPLv3 and not worry about the clones that will happen regardless of the license type, if the program becomes popular.
Thank you all for your insight and for helping me come to what I believe to be the best decision.
This is true, but I've seen it happen to some projects that I follow. It seems like this is a similar situation to trying to prevent someone from decompiling a project... If they're determined enough, nothing will stop them.
I guess I need to just get over it and not let it get in the way of releasing the program as fully open source, as that goal is more important than the theoretical issue that I'm concerned with.
Thanks.
Thank you for the link :)
Thanks for the info. I replied to your question in a similar comment here: https://lemmy.world/comment/4851408
I replied to a similar question below. Here it is:
Thanks. To be honest, I couldn't care less if people use parts of my code in commercial programs.
The only thing I'm trying to prevent is someone taking the entire project, changing some strings and icons and releasing a paid Android version based on my work. Especially as I will be releasing mobile versions myself after the desktop versions for free.
Thanks. To be honest, I couldn't care less if people use parts of my code in commercial programs.
The only thing I'm trying to prevent is someone taking the entire project, changing some strings and icons and releasing a paid Android version based on my work. Especially as I will be releasing mobile versions myself after the desktop versions for free.
Have you tried flatseal?
I was talking about broadband at home via a 4g/5g router, not on a phone. They offer plans specifically for people who want internet at home, but who can't get DSL/fibre.
Phones usually have a lower cap, like 50>200GB. I get 50GB with my phone provider for instance.
In my European country, there are no bandwidth caps for DSL or fibre connections. But if you're not in a town (which most of us aren't) and can only get internet via a 4g (or rarely 5g) connection, you have to live with a shitty 700GB cap, which is fucking ludicrous.
As someone with a myriad of health issues, including chronic pain, I always dread having to go to ER.
You can guarantee that you'll be there for at least 10 hours and even more if you need to be admitted. The seats in ER are like sitting on concrete, so you'll be guaranteed to be extremely uncomfortable within 30 mins of your wait. Add to that, people staring at you whilst you're in pain, just adds to the issues. There's no privacy at all.
Part of the issue is people attending ER for trivial things that they should be visiting their GP for instead.
That's only part of the problems though.
It also affects other services negatively. Having to undertake an endoscopy is a terrifying experience due to lack of beds. They use a sedative which doesn't work and results in you waking up in the middle of the procedure and being pinned to the bed whilst gagging and choking on the tube.
I felt violated the last two times I've had to have this done and it affected me mentally in a big way, being too scarred emotionally to talk for a couple of days at least. Having your throat damaged by the forceful nature of being pinned down whilst choking doesn't help either.
These adverse knock-on effects result in, frankly, inhumane treatments that should be handled a lot better.
This shit has been going on for years and needs to be resolved. Enough is enough.
Exactly, it's ludicrous and always was. Especially in this day and age.
Later that day:
As a parent myself, I understand not wanting to expose your kid to sexual content depending on their age, but in the context of sexual intercourse etc, not just a naked body.