On 03/08/2014 08:32 PM, Paka wrote:
cannot see that this:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gimp-on-rollapp/eodhmnkhmnkmimhckfpkgmbmcgjkaddo?hl=en
is much different than what would result from involvement with steam. For
the record, I do not want to see steam support and believe google should
take down the cited url.
RollApp explains how they make money:
*"Free" access to cloud-based applications, where the price is the
forced viewing of a 15-30 second video ad every 15 minutes
(https://www.rollapp.com/advertisers)
*"Pay" access to the same applications. Gimp can be rented ad-free for
$1.99 a month (https://www.rollapp.com/pricing):
In either case, any user-produced content can't be saved to the user's
hard drive, only to the cloud.
In addition to GIMP, RollApp offers OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Inkscape,
MyPaint, Dia, DarkTable, a bunch of games, bluefish, Scribus, and a long
list of other floss softwares (https://www.rollapp.com/apps).
At least some of the RollApp floss softwares are from the Ubuntu
repository (http://blog.rollapp.com/2014/02/ubuntu-apps.html).
RollApp's eventual goal is to attract distributors of proprietary
software (https://www.rollapp.com/developers).
RollApp's terms of service require that users submit to the usual
electronic monitoring (https://www.rollapp.com/terms).
RollApp's privacy policy is the usual boilerplate: they collect, store,
and share whatever suits their changing business model and/or whatever
law enforcement agency might want access to personal data
(https://www.rollapp.com/privacy).
Is there any conceivable benefit to GIMP (or any floss software) in
being made available through RollApp?
Is there any way to persuade/force RollApp to remove GIMP from RollApp?
Elle Stone
_______________________________________________
gimp-developer-list mailing list
List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx
List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
