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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by izacus on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#20147001)
It should also be added that the whole backend is proprietary (and was for GCM as well) and is being maintained and paid for by Google.

Having said that, making firebase-messaging GPL-compatible library seems to be something that should make a lot of sense for Google to allow GPL apps to be released on the platform.

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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by FreeFull on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:34AM (#20147073)
Probably LGPLing or MITing it, so closed-source apps can still use the library too.
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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by izacus on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:08AM (#20147395)
Doh, yes, of course. Reworded the post :)
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