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> as long as they register to Google to get these keys As soon as e.g. an Iranian user gets access to your GPLv3 app, you've got a problem. They cannot registe
by kuschku 1y ago
> as long as they register to Google to get these keys
As soon as e.g. an Iranian user gets access to your GPLv3 app, you've got a problem. They cannot register with Google (due to sanctions), but you are responsible for ensuring they can install and distribute their modified app just as you have.
- tzs 1y agoThey aren't responsible for ensuring that others can install it. That part of GPLv3, commonly called the "anti-Tivoization" clause, only applies if you "convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized)". This was narrowly written to only cover situations like Tivo, which was a hardware vendor locking down GPL code on the hardware they sold.