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That is so weird. If they don't share the same codebase then why Canonical would want to use "Anbox" trademark?

• jeroenhd 6y ago
  It's probably a heavily modified fork that integrates more deeply into the operating system. It wouldn't make sense to completely redo all Anbox does for dispatching Java calls and emulating Android device behaviour, but to turn Anbox into a product that natively scales in the cloud probably requires extensive modification of the Anbox codebase.
  • srtjstjsj 6y ago
    The link says it's just a different product that licensed the trademark. Or maybe they are violating GPL but hiding it in their server code. That would take a lot of chutzpah though so I wouldn't allege that.
    • ignoramous 6y ago
      If I am not wrong, the creator of anbox, u/mrmorph, works for Canonical. GPL shouldn't be an issue then?
      • ibotty 6y ago
        Only if they are the only copyright holder.
• srtjstjsj 6y ago
  Because "Candroid" or whatever other name they might pick doesn't have the reputation that Anbox has that they want to exploit.