King@lemy.lol to Open Source@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agoHow can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1152file-text
arrow-up1152message-squareHow can I report apps that falsely claim to be open source?King@lemy.lol to Open Source@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKing@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoThe first link is for read me file with no source code avaliable. The second link is a code last updated is 2 years back, the app is still updated in the app store with no source code. Also inside the app it says that it’s GPL , with different link.
minus-squareaion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·9 months agoThe code for the first is there, its just on other branches, they seem to have a very unusual way of using git.
minus-squareKing@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoThat is pretty unusual, I removed it from the post to reflect this.
minus-squarerecursive_recursion [they/them]@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-29 months agohttps://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.en.html the page details what one can do if they find license violations although based on other comments in this thread it seems that the source code is available in a somewhat odd manner
minus-squareEdyBolos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoFor the first one, you need to change the branch, the source code is there, on either main or develop.
The first link is for read me file with no source code avaliable.
The second link is a code last updated is 2 years back, the app is still updated in the app store with no source code.
Also inside the app it says that it’s GPL , with different link.
The code for the first is there, its just on other branches, they seem to have a very unusual way of using git.
That is pretty unusual, I removed it from the post to reflect this.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.en.html
the page details what one can do if they find license violations
although based on other comments in this thread it seems that the source code is available in a somewhat odd manner
For the first one, you need to change the branch, the source code is there, on either main or develop.