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Ask HN: Is it alright to fork an apk and sell it without making much changes?

2 pointsby wirddinabout 10 years ago
Given Psiphon&#x27;s popularity, and the usage of VPNs in places where there are restrictions on the usage of the wireless network, this guy ripped off Psiphon&#x27;s APK, changed the logos and other assets and uploaded the same on a Play Store account, without any credits given to Psiphon.<p>Whenever I see an update on Psiphon, like a feature to save data usage, I see the same reflecting in the copied app&#x27;s changelog which is, I guess, a bit weird.<p>Shouldn&#x27;t something be done to actually stop the duplication of apps?<p>Play Store URL : https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.ifreedomv2&amp;hl=en<p>I just found out that the person doing it created a new account and removed the app from the previous account which had a paid version.

3 comments

0942v8653about 10 years ago
No, that&#x27;s not ok - Psiphon looks like it&#x27;s GPL.<p><a href="https://bitbucket.org/psiphon/psiphon-circumvention-system/src/2a4c87c46c68db4990ec0693457dfae3917c8ca3/LICENSE?at=default" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitbucket.org&#x2F;psiphon&#x2F;psiphon-circumvention-system&#x2F;s...</a>
smt88about 10 years ago
This is probably how people who work on movies feel about piracy.<p>Unfortunately, like piracy, you can&#x27;t stop it. All you can do is change your business model.
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benologistabout 10 years ago
It depends on the license of the software he forked - many open source licenses allow it.
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