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Jesse Geiger (jesgeiger) wrote : Re: Mobile (android) light application specification

This seems to be the most recent thread concerning HomeBank and Android. If I should post elsewhere, my apologies. In reading these posts, I am also interested in an Android version of this app. One main concern seems to be time vs profitability along with the current donation model, which is understandable. Maxime (or whoever) must invest a lot of time and effort to make this awesome app available on mobile with significant features included. Someone referenced GPL2 in a linked thread and keeping the software free. While open source mentions "free" everywhere, I understand that this is frequently misunderstood as free software. From the GPL2 page at https://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php:

"When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things."

I only bring this detail up for open discussion amongst this community (and Maxime's final decision). I'd be willing to pay a reasonable 1-time fee for the mobile app (I am Android).