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Re: Bitcoin Faucets app for Android devices
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tspacepilot
on 14/10/2013, 21:42:35 UTC
So what about other apps in the market not open sourced? I'm just a software/app developer like other people do. Also tell me what shady things you think this app will do if THIS IS JUST A LIST OF FAUCET SITES.

I'm only speaking for myself.  I don't install "most other apps in the market" and I don't install your app either.  I've said why already, you say "it's harmless, really, trust me".  I don't trust you.  I figure as loudly as your are shouting about this, you probably are hiding something.  Others will do what they will do but if your app is nothing but a list of faucet sites, what on earth could you be so worried about keeping secret in the source code?

I have made tons of simple little programs, and so have tons of other people. And neither I nor those others share the source, why? Because we spent time on it, and we worked on it. Why should you then be able to just download it, change a few lines, and call it your own?

Echo the comment below about the reason for copywrite (and copyleft).  Nonetheless, I just want to emphasize that if you don't share the source for your programs, you need some other way to establish trust.  Any any case, I'll offer a rhetorical question of my own: why should I give you permission to execute arbitrary code on my machine?