1
[iLLEGAL] [LEGAL] GApps including Custom ROMs [QUESTiON] [DiSCUSSiON]
source link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/illegal-legal-gapps-including-custom-roms-question-discussion.4568871/#post-88380409
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.
is it legal to include GApps into a 'Custom ROM' published on XDA forums?
hello world
unfortunately one sees more and more so called 'custom roms' including GApps by default
this brings up a question: is this legal?
as an example reading:
unfortunately one sees more and more so called 'custom roms' including GApps by default
this brings up a question: is this legal?
as an example reading:
Google apps are the proprietary Google-branded applications that come pre-installed with most Android devices, such as the Play Store, Gmail, Maps, etc. Due to licensing restrictions, these apps cannot come pre-installed with LineageOS and must be installed separately. The Google apps are not required to boot or run LineageOS, however many users find them beneficial to take full advantage of the Android ecosystem.
SOURCE: https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps
or something like this:
Take note that Open GApps does not provide you with any license for Google’s APKs included in the package. The Open GApps packages merely provide a convenient way to sideload APKs to your device. It is your own responsibility to obtain the proper permissions by e.g. buying an OHA-licensed device with pre-installed Google Apps and/or acquiring the applications from Google’s Play Store.
The pre-built packages from OpenGApps.org are provided ONLY as courtesy by OpenGApps.org without warranty of ANY kind, under the terms that they can be freely used for personal use only, and are not allowed to be mirrored to the public other than OpenGApps.org.
SOURCE: https://opengapps.org/#aboutsection
one can even read:
Custom ROM developers, however, can’t easily bundle these Google apps and services with their builds. As these apps are not using the Apache or GPLv2 license, bundling them within the ROM presents legal challenges.
SOURCE: https://www.xda-developers.com/download-google-apps-gapps/
as i am not an expert i hope this post can help to answer the question.
furthermore it will help to create some kind of orientation.
Recommend
About Joyk
Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK