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Android1500 / AndroidFaker

Android Faker a Simple Xposed Module Which Spoof Your Device IDs Values. Supporting Android 8.1+
https://github.com/Xposed-Modules-Repo/com.android1500.androidfaker
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Why is the license GPL-3.0 when there is no source code? #21

Open cgarz opened 11 months ago

cgarz commented 11 months ago

IANAL but does GPL not require the source code be made available for any publicly released binary builds?

now0clock commented 11 months ago

@cgarz with a name like this app, who knows

Android1500 commented 11 months ago

IANAL but does GPL not require the source code be made available for any publicly released binary builds?

It was open source before but coz of some ppl i make it private they are modified my code and start to sell them without give credit or permission.

cgarz commented 11 months ago

I see. That's unfortunate. If they forked the code then that code would also be covered by GPL and they would have to also provide source code. Selling binary builds I think is actually allowed so long as the source is provided. If not it should be possible to take legal action against them or depending on where it was hosted have the offending builds taken down.

It's just pretty weird to have a GPL project with no source available. It might also not be allowed like I mentioned at first, or it might be alright since you are the author but IANAL of course.

Android1500 commented 11 months ago

I see. That's unfortunate. If they forked the code then that code would also be covered by GPL and they would have to also provide source code. Selling binary builds I think is actually allowed so long as the source is provided. If not it should be possible to take legal action against them or depending on where it was hosted have the offending builds taken down.

It's just pretty weird to have a GPL project with no source available. It might also not be allowed like I mentioned at first, or it might be alright since you are the author but IANAL of course.

Agree with you but those legal thinks take a lots of time which i dont think worth thats why i removed code.

cgarz commented 11 months ago

Yea that's sadly quite true. What about getting the binaries taken down though? Would that not have been viable on the site they were uploaded to?

Or perhaps it might be better to change the license?

MewX commented 2 weeks ago

I think the question should be "Why is there no source code".

No source code basically means this app does lots of dodgy things.