| ▲ | andrepd 4 hours ago |
| There are excellent FOSS gallery apps already, like the Fossify suite. Why not use them I wonder? |
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| ▲ | HybridStatAnim8 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Their license is invalid due to being GPLv3. GPLv3 cannot be included in GrapheneOS as that would necessitate GrapheneOS give up their permissive licensing. Refra Gallery is licensed as Apache 2.0, which is a permissive license GrapheneOS can bundle in the OS. |
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| ▲ | graemep 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Its not part of the OS so why would it affect the Graphene OS license? Its an app, not a library. | | |
| ▲ | Cider9986 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | The preinstalled apps are part of the OS. | | |
| ▲ | gray_-_wolf 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That cannot be true, when I install e.g., Ubuntu system, there are plenty of applications installed for me, with incompatible licenses. | | |
| ▲ | novafunc 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Can you please elaborate on what you mean? Ubuntu does not aim to be a permissively-licensed system. It can include copyleft (e.g. GPL) and permissive (e.g. MIT) without issue. Permissively-licensed systems like FreeBSD and GrapheneOS cannot include GPL code if they want to remain permissive. | | |
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| ▲ | yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | IANAL, but I would expect that to fall under "mere aggregation" |
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| ▲ | gkoz 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Can the Linux kernel be included in the OS? | | |
| ▲ | palata 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Linux is GPLv2, though. Not sure if that makes a difference here. |
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| ▲ | DANmode an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Media handlers are a security nightmare, might lead you to the right answer if it isn’t it. |
