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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by gumby on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:15AM (#22986307)
By not doing so they are by definition non-compliant.

Or they could have GPLed the entire app; no reason not to have.

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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by MaxBarraclough on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:33AM (#22986371)
> By not doing so they are by definition non-compliant.

Pedantry. If you agree a separate licence and are no longer bound by the terms of the GPL, you cannot be in breach of the GPL. That's the point.

> they could have GPLed the entire app; no reason not to have.

They haven't released the source.

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