Closed-source App Wins Open Source Competition

7 points by BraveNewCurency 12y ago ↗ HN

This app won tens of thousands of dollars in the "Apps For Communities" contest sponsored by the FCC and the Knight Foundation:

http://appsforcommunities.challengepost.com/submissions/2732-homeless-scc-santa-clara-county

The rules say "Apps must be made available under an OSI Approved open source license".

http://appsforcommunities.challengepost.com/rules

But the source is not online, and I was told by CWR (the company that wrote it) that it's closed-source. Anyone want to help me shine a light on this?

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BraveNewCurency 12y ago ↗

Quick update: the company admits they didn't follow the rules and says they will share the code (but they are not sure how long that will take.)

pestaa 12y ago ↗

More importantly, shouldn't the contest organizers comment on this?