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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by hvdijk on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:05AM (#26132470)
That one supposedly has source code available under GPL3 but despite GPL3 clause 9, which says "You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a copy of the Program", presents the GPL3 as an EULA and refuses to run unless the user clicks "I agree".
Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by rlpb on Sunday February 14, 2021 @02:36PM (#26135451)
"I agree" is presumably shorthand for "I agree to the linked license", or in other words "I agree to the GPL3", or to expand that, "I agree that I am not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a copy of the Program". Since that's part of the GPL3 text.

So I wouldn't worry about it.

Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by rajbot on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:02PM (#26133935)
That page links to their GitHub:

https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail

Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by Schiphol on Sunday February 14, 2021 @09:57AM (#26132886)
I can't be any less of a lawyer, but that sounds OK to me. One is not required to accept the license merely by virtue of it's having been published under that license, but this is surely compatible with the author adding extra conditions to run their program if they so wish?
Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by hvdijk on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:04AM (#26132940)
The copyright holder is not bound by the license granted to others, so in general is legally permitted to add any additional restrictions. However, as this particular additional restriction is not one of the additional restrictions that GPL3 section 7 permits, section 10 applies to anyone other than the copyright holder, which states "You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License." This is a problem for e.g. F-Droid's package, which is neither distributed by the author nor distributed in accordance with the terms of the GPL.
Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by Schiphol on Sunday February 14, 2021 @10:11AM (#26132999)
Thanks for enlightening me :)
Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by tweetle_beetle on Sunday February 14, 2021 @11:43AM (#26133788)
Our of curiosity, has this been raised with the developer?
Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by hvdijk on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:56PM (#26134455)
Not by me. The developer is, as far as I am aware, not doing anything illegal, and while F-Droid technically are, the developer as the copyright holder is the only one who could possibly take any action against it and is, I would expect, happier with F-Droid doing what they are doing now than with patching out the EULA acceptance screen.