AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem

Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by itsnoone on Sunday November 16, 2025 @09:21AM (#45945338)

The developer here- I didn't plan to release an app for android, or even linux. The android app just started out as a personal project. My plan was to make a service for linux that can talk to various headphones, and any UI can talk to the service. And this was supposed to be under AGPL. But, as I graudally reverse-engineered most of the protocol from the bluetooth stack on macOS, I decided to release the app for Android and make one for linux as well.

Going to change it to GPL, though. never paid attention to the license in use as I developed.

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Re:AirPods Libreated from Apple's Ecosystem by throwaway2037 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:24PM (#45973658)

Thanks for the direct reply. I didn't consider the SaaS angle when I wrote my original post. As a result, your initial license choice makes sense. Also, if you are in control of copyright for all of the source code, then you can easily change the license. I am still blown away by how you did it. It must have been a lot of reverse engineering! Hats off -- keep up the good work.

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