Google Ejects Open-Source WireGuard From Play Store Over Donation Links

'Google appears to be removing apps that have donation links,
including open-source apps where donations are one of the main sources
of revenue. WireGuard, a free and open-source VPN, has been reportedly
dropped over this according to WireGuard lead developer Jason
Donenfeld. Phoronix reports:

After waiting days for Google to review the latest version of their
secure VPN tunnel application, it was approved and then removed and
delisted -- including older versions of WireGuard. The reversal comes
on the basis of violating their "payments policy." The only bit of
possible "payments" within the WireGuard app is a donation link within
the program taking the user to the WireGuard website should anyone
want to donate to support this promising open-source secure networking
tech. An appeal to the situation was also rejected by Google,
Donenfeld has confirmed this morning on their mailing list. In trying
to make it back into Android's Play Store, Jason has dropped the
donation link from the Android app version while it's still awaiting
review from Google. '

-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/10/16/2215248

Cheers, peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
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