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If the code is GPL then shouldn't WhatsApp need to be open source? Or did they get a different license? The only thing listed at https://www.whatsapp.com/andro
by jsingleton 10y ago
If the code is GPL then shouldn't WhatsApp need to be open source? Or did they get a different license?
The only thing listed at https://www.whatsapp.com/android/ https://www.whatsapp.com/android/ are some changes to qcom as per the LGPL.
- laughinghan 10y agoI think they're talking about the protocol like "keep around these keys and exchange this", but implemented with proprietary code that doesn't use any of Moxie's C implementation which is indeed GPL.