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explain GPLv3 licensing issue

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Daniel Micay 2020-11-18 00:45:18 -05:00
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<p>GrapheneOS is focused on making meaningful improvements to privacy and security, <p>GrapheneOS is focused on making meaningful improvements to privacy and security,
and bundling assorted apps into the OS is not only usually outside of that focus but and bundling assorted apps into the OS is not only usually outside of that focus but
often counter to it.</p> often counter to it.</p>
<p>In some cases, licensing is also an issue. GrapheneOS is permissively licensed and
is usable for building devices with an immutable root of trust. GPLv3 is deliberately
incompatible with these kinds of locked down devices, unlike GPLv2 code such as the
Linux kernel. This means GrapheneOS can't include GPLv3 code without forbidding use
cases we want to support. GPLv3 is no problem for our own usage, but we don't want to
forbid using GrapheneOS as a replacement for the Android Open Source Project in locked
down devices.</p>
</main> </main>
<footer> <footer>
<a href="/"><img src="/logo.png" width="512" height="512" alt=""/>GrapheneOS</a> <a href="/"><img src="/logo.png" width="512" height="512" alt=""/>GrapheneOS</a>