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[Shr3k]

Interesting, this developer https://twitter.com/damagedspline of http://code.google.com/p/waze-qt says that 3.5 libwaze.so contains same strings as GPL'ed version 2.4.

[robin1979]

As you as you own the copyright to the code, you can change licenses as much as you want. So there's really no problem here.

[stacktrase]

Yes but if you use GPL code you can't modify it and have it closed source.

[bgodette]

Yes but if you use GPL code you can't modify it and have it closed source.

Only applies to using *other people's* code. If it's your own code you can use whatever license(s) you wish.

It's all my phone's fault for using Tapatalk.

[xteejx]

Indeed. If it's their licence they can do whatever the hell they like with it. I know I've seen some projects change the game at times, but all previous source before any licence change should be available.

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[Shr3k]

This quick comparsion makes me ROFL and very doubtful about GNU GPL violation of RoadMap:
strings papaya_2.4.0.26.libwaze.so | sort > papaya.txt http://pastebin.com/0FvEJxUB
strings cocus_3.5.0.105.libwaze.so | sort > cocus.txt http://pastebin.com/nfTTuSEa

Funniest parts are:

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/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_androidmenu.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_androidspeechtt.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_camera.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_canvas_ogl.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_device.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_dialog.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_libpng.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_main.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_path.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_sound.c
/workspace/branches/papaya_2.4.0.1/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/roadmap_thread.c

VS

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/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/androidmenu.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/androidspeechtt.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/camera.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/canvas_ogl.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/device.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/main.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/sound.c
/Users/aga/workspace/cocus/src/android/java/jni/../../..//android/thread.c

etc.

Some parts of code are moved to subdirectories. It looks like new 3.* version was rather big update than complete rewrite from scratch. Anything beginning with roadmap was renamed to same to almost same directory structure and functions are renamed in same manner:

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roadmap_canvas_copy_image
roadmap_canvas_create_pen
roadmap_canvas_draw_formated_string_angle
roadmap_canvas_draw_formated_string_size
roadmap_canvas_draw_image
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_angle
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_formated_text
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_middle_stretch
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_scaled
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_scaled_angle
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_stretch
roadmap_canvas_draw_image_text
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_circles
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_lines
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_lines_int
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_lines_slow
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_lines_smooth
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_points
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_polygons
roadmap_canvas_draw_multiple_tex_lines
roadmap_canvas_draw_string
roadmap_canvas_draw_string_angle
roadmap_canvas_draw_string_size

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canvas_copy_image
canvas_create_pen
canvas_draw_formated_string_angle
canvas_draw_formated_string_angle
canvas_draw_formated_string_size
canvas_draw_image
canvas_draw_image_angle
canvas_draw_image_formated_text
canvas_draw_image_middle_stretch
canvas_draw_image_scaled
canvas_draw_image_scaled_angle
canvas_draw_image_stretch
canvas_draw_image_text
canvas_draw_image_to_fbo
canvas_draw_multiple_circles
canvas_draw_multiple_lines
canvas_draw_multiple_lines
canvas_draw_multiple_points
canvas_draw_multiple_polygons
canvas_draw_multiple_tex_lines
canvas_draw_multiple_tex_lines
canvas_draw_string
canvas_draw_string_angle
canvas_draw_string_size

Maybe it would be better to come clean, than have problems with GNU GPL or FSF.

[bgodette]

Maybe it would be better to come clean, than have problems with GNU GPL or FSF.

What problems? Again there's no prohibition against relicensing *your own code*. You can also purchase/transfer copyright and relicense.

It's all my phone's fault for using Tapatalk.

[Shr3k]

What problems? Again there's no prohibition against relicensing *your own code*. You can also purchase/transfer copyright and relicense.

Waze client is based on Israeli fork of RoadMap routing application (http://sourceforge.net/projects/roadmap/) originally developed by Pascal Martin as GNU GPL (derived works can only be distributed under the same license terms). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Genera ... e#Copyleft

[xteejx]

Oh dear...

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[bgodette]

What problems? Again there's no prohibition against relicensing *your own code*. You can also purchase/transfer copyright and relicense.

Waze client is based on Israeli fork of RoadMap routing application (http://sourceforge.net/projects/roadmap/) originally developed by Pascal Martin as GNU GPL (derived works can only be distributed under the same license terms). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Genera ... e#Copyleft

You really are being dense, but ok:
(c) Copyright Pascal Martin, 2003, 2005
(c) Copyright Latchesar Ionkov, 2003
(c) Copyright Stephen Woodbridge, 2004
(c) Copyright Ehud Shabtai, 2005
(c) Copyright Paul Fox, 2006, 2007, 2008
(c) Copyright Danny Backx, 2007, 2008
Look who's in there.
Oh that's right. You can *fork your own code*. The GPL also does NOT prevent, preclude, prohibit, exclude, deny or otherwise disallow you from purchasing copyright from the original authors and closing the source.

It does however prevent you from pulling access to the code as it existed at the time the license was changed. Since we don't know when Ehud/Waze decided to relicense *his own code*, we have no idea if that part is in compliance or not for 2.4.x clients, but we do know it does not apply to 3.x clients.