Thread: android 4.1 theme for n9
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2012-12-08 , 22:34
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Originally Posted by thedead1440 View Post
You can't "open source" the theme actually; i mean the developer is asking a small sum of $1.66 for giving you the files to use. Themes on the n9 and I'm sure n900 too are just a collection of folders containing modified stock theme files...

Once you buy it from the developer you have the files and can do to them whatever you wish to modify/change them...What is there to open-source in them?
The developers specifically forbid open access to the theme files. If their server falls down, you - according to their rules - will not be able to get these files from any source. Breaking the rules, you can find somebody already using the theme and ask him to share the files.
In contrast, if a theme is open-source, it can freely be shared and redistributed, even if the original server dies, and the original developers disappear.
Originally Posted by thedead1440 View Post
I would consider the small sum in fact lesser than what could be considered as a donation to a developer who posts his theme here as free for all...
The effort required in creating modified .css files for the n9 is real huge so i would suggest to the OP to pay that amount instead of trying to reverse-engineer it; its the least the original developer deserves for his work...
I would rather donate to those who do not put restrictions on redistribution or modification of their code, thank you.
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Last edited by Wikiwide; 2012-12-08 at 22:37.
 

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