As a big proponent of open source, I would agree your statements completely. There is little a community could do with this that can't be done with existing tools already. Furthermore, this succeeds primarily because of the author's specific execution of the idea and the way it is presented. Open source just risks a "too many cooks in the kitchen" scenario.
Furthermore, because of the high quality, someone is extremely likely to turn this into a paid mobile app and make money off of it (irrespective of the license it is released under-- unscrupulous people don't care about pieces of virtual paper).
I used a white noise generator app for a long time with my first child and this is far superior to what I had. I would have gladly paid several dollars for a solid mobile execution of this.
Furthermore, because of the high quality, someone is extremely likely to turn this into a paid mobile app and make money off of it (irrespective of the license it is released under-- unscrupulous people don't care about pieces of virtual paper).
I used a white noise generator app for a long time with my first child and this is far superior to what I had. I would have gladly paid several dollars for a solid mobile execution of this.