Like calibre, JDownloader is an open source app which draws contributions from outside developers, all of which still control the copyright over their work even though they license their code to be used freely by others.
JDownloader is one of the more popular multi-purpose downloading apps on the web today, and it is capable of for example downloading video files from Youtube or files from file-hosting sites like RapidShare. I have some frightening news today for everyone who supports open source software.Ī court in Germany confirmed this week that Appwork, the company that coordinates development of the open source downloading app JDownloader, could be held legally responsible for any and all contributions made by outside developers – even if they didn’t know about it.
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