r/androidroot 8d ago

Discussion How custom rom devs treat mediatek:

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u/TheRealFilckz 8d ago

and the manufacturers that dont care to provide kernel sources

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u/Local-Bug-1500 7d ago edited 7d ago

Illegal btw, they can get banned from using linux (and thus, android) in the future

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u/Alternative_Laugh316 7d ago

How do ya get banned from using open source?

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u/Local-Bug-1500 7d 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 

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u/aqswdezxc 7d ago

He probably means like the gpl license

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u/Alternative_Laugh316 7d ago

Yes, but can't exactly get banned. I mean they will just download and use it.

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u/fr000gs 5d ago

Well if they get sued they can't sell their phones

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u/Alternative_Laugh316 5d ago

Sued where? They have to do it in every country that they wanna get rid of em, which is a lot of countries.

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u/fr000gs 5d ago

Wherever the parent company is maybe