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gpm
on Aug 30, 2019
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Facebook scans system libraries on Android and upl...
Are they closed source? I.e. does facebook not have a license to make copies of them?
dmitrygr
on Aug 30, 2019
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source avail != anyone can make copies of the binary
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Even with a “standard” open source licence the copyright notice probably isn’t being included in the upload making it a violation of most licences.
gpm
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Sure, by closed source I meant "not licensed under a typical open source license that gives you that right" rather than "I literally can't find the source via google".
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