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But Firebase is not a "kernel", "window system", it is just third-party proprietary library (not essential part of Android as I understand).

• Spivak 7y ago
  I personally would consider notifications and the ability to run in the background to be essential but there's a better test which is the reason that this exception exists in the first place. From copyleft.org: > The system library exception is designed to allow copylefted software to link with these libraries when prohibition of that linking would hurt software freedom more than it would hurt proprietary software. This is really the core of it -- who is hurt more by disallowing this linking: Google or FOSS apps?
  • AstralStorm 7y ago
    As a daily reminder, this piece of junk will be countermanded by Samsung, Lenovo and Huawei and whoever deploys AOSP as they use their own push platforms.
  • fjsolwmv 7y ago
    That sort of wishy-washy legal foundation is why people are afraid of the GPL.
    • damnyou 7y ago
      All law has a certain degree of human judgment involved.