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Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google Drive (grapheneos.social)
submitted 2 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago

"Google Is Evil". Does this need to be a viral hashtag?

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    [–] 21 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Google really wants to fuck up AOSP development and are actively hostile these days to the project. If they could easily make Android closed source tomorrow, they would.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    I think they will eventually do it. Or they will make a new system and not have it be open source. And leave AOSP to languish. And this is why my next device is going to be a device that supports post-market OS.

    I'm going to make sure of that before I buy it, because even if it's difficult, it will be worth the switch.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I think there might be a signal fork similar to how Mali operates that would let you use it on a Linux phone but I've only heard about it in passing and so I don't know the name of it but you might want to take a look

    That's something I will need to look into as well when I eventually make the switch.

    If nothing else, you can use WayDroid until you get the apps you need. I understand that it's still using Android as a crutch, but at least the base system would be Linux.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    I really want to move away from Android to straight Linux phone, but some applications like, Signal Messenger, don't have a non-Android or iOS version.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Google is stealing the cumulative work of OSS contributors.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    That's been Google's MO since always. They called it crowd sourcing first. Have people take photos and do reviews, then gate it behind a login. Digest the whole internet into an LLM, then steal their traffic (before that it was AMP).

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    [–] 36 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I found the wording to be confusing, but if it helps anyone else, I think the situation is

    • before, they used to be able to get source code from Google with Git tags
    • now you need to get it through google drive, after requesting it through google forms
    • this is a ridiculous process, and over time they've gotten slower and slower at processing it, which is in violation of GPLv2
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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Google is stealing the cumulative work of OSS contributors.

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Tax the rich and use their wealth to fund an opensource linux development program. Goolag was never going to be a good steward for long

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    [–] -1 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Looks like users on that thread are calling bullshit on Graphene for claiming GPL violations.

    I'm not sure why they don't just sue Google if they feel so strongly they're in the right. Crowd fund the legal cost if they need to there will be plenty of their users willing to give them some money to stick it to Google. Use their Motorola money if they want. They expect a win and agreement in court so it's a no brainer.

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