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izacus on June 10, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android now forces apps to include proprietary cod...

It should also be added that the whole backend is proprietary (and was for GCM as well) and is being maintained and paid for by Google.

Having said that, making firebase-messaging GPL-compatible library seems to be something that should make a lot of sense for Google to allow GPL apps to be released on the platform.

FreeFull on June 10, 2019 [–]

Probably LGPLing or MITing it, so closed-source apps can still use the library too.

izacus on June 10, 2019 | [–]

Doh, yes, of course. Reworded the post :)

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