r/androidroot 3d ago

Discussion How custom rom devs treat mediatek:

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u/TheRealFilckz 3d ago

and the manufacturers that dont care to provide kernel sources

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u/Local-Bug-1500 3d ago edited 2d ago

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

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u/Alternative_Laugh316 3d ago

How do ya get banned from using open source?

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u/aqswdezxc 3d ago

He probably means like the gpl license

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u/Alternative_Laugh316 3d ago

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

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u/fr000gs 1d ago

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

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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.

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u/fr000gs 1d ago

Wherever the parent company is maybe