Essentially I don't want to have somebody swoop in, replicate the same thing, be better at marketing, and charge money for it. I'm both protecting users because they shouldn't be charged for something that is free, but also protecting my ego because I spent time and effort and as far as I can tell I'm the first one to build an app that works this way and it sucks when somebody takes a community thing and paywalls it.
Once the Android version is out and everything blows over I might consider making the apps open-source so that anyone can see and learn how it works, then potentially make derivative works.
Essentially I don't want to have somebody swoop in, replicate the same thing, be better at marketing, and charge money for it. I'm both protecting users because they shouldn't be charged for something that is free, but also protecting my ego because I spent time and effort and as far as I can tell I'm the first one to build an app that works this way and it sucks when somebody takes a community thing and paywalls it.
Once the Android version is out and everything blows over I might consider making the apps open-source so that anyone can see and learn how it works, then potentially make derivative works.