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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by flotzam on Thursday June 12, 2025 @03:55AM (#44255136)
Most of AOSP is Apache 2.0 licensed (permissive, not copyleft)
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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by fc417fc802 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:20AM (#44255259)
I believe the device tree stuff is GPL due to the kernel. Might be mistaken though.
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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by immibis on Thursday June 12, 2025 @06:47AM (#44256099)
A device tree is probably counted as data, so not copyrightable. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. But there's plenty else that is GPL, and in AVM vs Sebastian Steck, it seems that even LGPLv2 requires the manufacturer to give you all the stuff you need to install a modified version of the software, i.e. it seems that all GPL licenses imply anti-tivoization.
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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by ranger_danger on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:40AM (#44257700)
> AVM vs Sebastian Steck

That case was dismissed because they settled privately, so technically it does not prove anything about LGPLv2, and Germany is not as big on blindly following precedent in law as other countries anyway.

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