> He had no way of continuing to support his customers without money.
I don't see how you could possibly know this. Personally, I highly doubt that there was no other possible exit that didn't do a better job of taking care of his customers and supported the community. HE could have open sourced stuff, made sure the app store was backed up, etc.
> the firmware is still open source
Oh, I guess since one thing nobody is complaining about is true, then all their other comlaints are moot.
The value here isn't in the source code, certaibly not in the additions made by a 5 man company. The value is the community that has kept itself alive while maintaining and creating the resources that are giving Core Devices any chance of success.
Nothing was stolen, but a lot of good will was lost.
Edit: I see you've substantially edited your comment without any note yet again.
I don't see how you could possibly know this. Personally, I highly doubt that there was no other possible exit that didn't do a better job of taking care of his customers and supported the community. HE could have open sourced stuff, made sure the app store was backed up, etc.
> the firmware is still open source
Oh, I guess since one thing nobody is complaining about is true, then all their other comlaints are moot.
The value here isn't in the source code, certaibly not in the additions made by a 5 man company. The value is the community that has kept itself alive while maintaining and creating the resources that are giving Core Devices any chance of success.
Nothing was stolen, but a lot of good will was lost.
Edit: I see you've substantially edited your comment without any note yet again.