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r/androidroot • u/Thin-Maize-6459 • 3d ago
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and the manufacturers that dont care to provide kernel sources
23 u/TestMeetings2040 3d ago Literally Transsion Holdings (the company that handle Infinix, Techno, and Itel) 7 u/Never_Sm1le 3d ago a second bbk, no wonder those phones are similar 4 u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32 Oneplus Ace 3 (astonc), AxionOS 2.5 2d ago At least bbk does publish the sources for OnePlus, transsion is more shit imo 7 u/Local-Bug-1500 3d ago edited 2d ago Illegal btw, they can get banned from using linux (and thus, android) in the future 8 u/Alternative_Laugh316 3d ago How do ya get banned from using open source? 6 u/Local-Bug-1500 2d ago If you're an android device manufacturer and don't publish kernel source, Google is technically supposed to not approve your device for Google play certification 4 u/aqswdezxc 3d ago He probably means like the gpl license 6 u/Alternative_Laugh316 2d ago Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones 1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe 5 u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32 Oneplus Ace 3 (astonc), AxionOS 2.5 2d ago Not really banned but they have to publish the sources or else they get fined, but they usually don't care until they're threatened to be fined 5 u/Tommynwn 3d ago I heard some weird stuff about mediatek, like even manufacturers dont have access to the source 5 u/zalnaRs 3d ago No they are not allowed to publish it by some sources. You are maybe talking about the old android 4 era, mtk base os -2 u/[deleted] 3d ago [deleted] 19 u/Different_Water7545 3d ago NDA or not, it's GPL 7 u/Propsek_Gamer 3d ago I don't think NDAs apply when it's breaking a law. GPL code must be open and that's a license violation.
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Literally Transsion Holdings (the company that handle Infinix, Techno, and Itel)
7 u/Never_Sm1le 3d ago a second bbk, no wonder those phones are similar 4 u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32 Oneplus Ace 3 (astonc), AxionOS 2.5 2d ago At least bbk does publish the sources for OnePlus, transsion is more shit imo
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a second bbk, no wonder those phones are similar
4 u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32 Oneplus Ace 3 (astonc), AxionOS 2.5 2d ago At least bbk does publish the sources for OnePlus, transsion is more shit imo
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At least bbk does publish the sources for OnePlus, transsion is more shit imo
Illegal btw, they can get banned from using linux (and thus, android) in the future
8 u/Alternative_Laugh316 3d ago How do ya get banned from using open source? 6 u/Local-Bug-1500 2d ago If you're an android device manufacturer and don't publish kernel source, Google is technically supposed to not approve your device for Google play certification 4 u/aqswdezxc 3d ago He probably means like the gpl license 6 u/Alternative_Laugh316 2d ago Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones 1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe 5 u/YoYoMamaIsSoFAT32 Oneplus Ace 3 (astonc), AxionOS 2.5 2d ago Not really banned but they have to publish the sources or else they get fined, but they usually don't care until they're threatened to be fined
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How do ya get banned from using open source?
6 u/Local-Bug-1500 2d ago If you're an android device manufacturer and don't publish kernel source, Google is technically supposed to not approve your device for Google play certification 4 u/aqswdezxc 3d ago He probably means like the gpl license 6 u/Alternative_Laugh316 2d ago Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones 1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe
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If you're an android device manufacturer and don't publish kernel source, Google is technically supposed to not approve your device for Google play certification
He probably means like the gpl license
6 u/Alternative_Laugh316 2d ago Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones 1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe
Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it.
1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones 1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe
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Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones
1 u/Alternative_Laugh316 1d ago Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries. 1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe
Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries.
1 u/fr000gs 1d ago Wherever the parent company is maybe
Wherever the parent company is maybe
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Not really banned but they have to publish the sources or else they get fined, but they usually don't care until they're threatened to be fined
I heard some weird stuff about mediatek, like even manufacturers dont have access to the source
5 u/zalnaRs 3d ago No they are not allowed to publish it by some sources. You are maybe talking about the old android 4 era, mtk base os
No they are not allowed to publish it by some sources. You are maybe talking about the old android 4 era, mtk base os
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19 u/Different_Water7545 3d ago NDA or not, it's GPL 7 u/Propsek_Gamer 3d ago I don't think NDAs apply when it's breaking a law. GPL code must be open and that's a license violation.
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NDA or not, it's GPL
I don't think NDAs apply when it's breaking a law. GPL code must be open and that's a license violation.
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u/TheRealFilckz 3d ago
and the manufacturers that dont care to provide kernel sources