Paid-for open source is OK. But here's a form to report the scammers
Microsoft's original changes – ostensibly dealing with the issue of scammers simply repackaging open-source apps and selling them on – could have had an unintended consequence of depriving legitimate vendors of income, according to members of the open-source community.
While making an application downloadable for free from a website or repository is one thing, getting it packaged in such a way that it can be accepted by the Microsoft Store requires time and effort on the part of the developer. Microsoft's policy change to remove the ability to allow developers to recoup at least some of the costs involved could have resulted in the often tight budgets on which open-source code is developed being stretched beyond breaking point.
The change of wording around open source will therefore be welcomed, as will the speed at which Microsoft responded to complaints from the community. And let's face it, compared to some of the giants of the app store world, Microsoft needs all the help it can get. ®
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