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		nicholassmith on July 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sparrow made downloadable to conform to LGPL If you play with LGPL you have to stick to the terms, it's a fair trade off. What I don't get is why Sparrow doesn't OSS it to save some face and allow it to be run under community guidance as they've obviously decided to mothball it. It's not like Google is a stranger to the world of OSS anyway, might salve some annoyed buyers.

Steko on July 27, 2012 | [–]

They may have plans to do this once the revenue stream fades. As of now it's still a top 25 utility at $2.99.

duaneb on July 27, 2012 | [–]

Google might have also bought some of the code.

bnr on July 27, 2012 | [–]

I'm sure all the assets, including the code, were part of the acquisition.

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