Martin Hering 
What a lovely designed app! Oh wait, somehow this looks familiar. Would have been nice if they have asked before publishing my app on which I have the sole copyright on. https://apps.apple.com/de/app/instacastplus/id6472283494?l=en-GB
‎InstacastPlus

‎InstacastPlus is built on the previously popular podcast app Instacast. Discover podcasts that entertain, inform, and inspire. Features: • Browse hundreds of curated collections. • Follow and save your favorite shows to your library. • Use playback controls to build and manage your queue, control…

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Jul 20, 2024 at 6:16pmWeb
Show threadTimo HetzelJul 20, 2024
@martin wait, he didn’t ask permission from you?
Show threadMartin Hering Jul 20, 2024
@timo nope.
Show threadTimo HetzelJul 20, 2024
@martin ugh
Show threadPrefectMay 25, 2025

@timo @martin

Hi Martin! I could not reach you by mail, twitter or private message. You apparently also did not try to contact me when you saw the new App.

I did ask you for permission and you gave me your permission to publish the app as InstacastPlus 🙂 It was in 2019. You are credited in the app and on the website and the code is published again under GPL.

So everything is perfectly in order, right? Is there something else I should do for you?

Show threadSalocinJul 20, 2024

@martin but wasn’t that the idea when you open-sourced the app under the GPL?

https://github.com/martinhering/instacast/

GitHub - martinhering/instacast: Instacast Core is a podcast player for iOS.

Instacast Core is a podcast player for iOS. Contribute to martinhering/instacast development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadMartin Hering Jul 20, 2024
@salocin Open Source does not mean you can claim copyright and publish it.
Show threadSalocinJul 20, 2024
@martin specifically the GPL means they can publish it, provided they provide the source code of the changes they (presumably) made.