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  "path": "/t/how-do-you-respond-to-developers-rejecting-to-open-source-their-apps/34097#post_5",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T18:57:36.000Z",
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  "textContent": "cems:\n\n> Some claim that it can cause fake clones to appear on Google Play Store\n\nOpen Source licenses, especially modern ones like GPLv3 and ApacheV2 explicitly say that they don’t grant trademark (I think this includes names and icons) rights.\nSo Open Sourcing your app under such a license doesn’t grant anyone permission to impersonate the developer or the original app.\n\ncems:\n\n> even ignore the license and distribute it in a way against it,\n\ncems:\n\n> How would you be able to prove that it is using your source code when they heavily modified the UI?\n\nYou could try to recompile/reverse-engineer the app to find if they use any code that you have copyright on, and if you fit something, you could sue them if they infringe your license.",
  "title": "How do you respond to developers rejecting to open source their apps"
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