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mhdhejazi

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About mhdhejazi

Developer and problem solver.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48618576

    One interesting observation: If you’re unsure of the correct answer, select the longest option, and you’re almost always correct!

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    Comment #22757606

    I did. Let's see what they do.

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    Comment #22753643

    I see your point about the extra condition I added to the license. And you're right, you can see it as self-contradictory. But when I added it, I wanted to make sure nobody will us…

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    Comment #22753522

    I'm not concerned about commercial use here. It's about publishing the app without complying with the GPL-3 conditions. It'd be fine had they respected the license and attributed t…

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    Comment #22753131

    I see your point here. Maybe I should have modified the license itself and stated that's it's a custom license. But they are still not complying with any of the GPL-3 conditions.

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    Comment #22753058

    It'd be totally fine had they respected the license or attributed the project. It's great to know that people use your app and find it useful, and that's why I offered the app to J…

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    Comment #22752744

    I published the app under the GPL-3 license, and with a clear statement that says "It's not allowed to publish, distribute the app, or use it in a commercial way". They neither res…

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    Comment #22752655

    Some details and screenshots here: https://medium.com/@MhdHejazi/saudi-arabia-shamelessly-rippe...

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    Saudi Arabia ripped off my open-source app and published it on the App Store

    I developed a Coronavirus tracker app for iOS and macOS and open-sourced the project on GitHub [1]. I tried to publish the app on the App Store, but it got rejected by Apple becaus…

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    Comment #22450997

    I always wanted to see a control center on Android TV where I can quickly do things like turning WiFi on/off, switching to a recent app, taking a screenshot, opening a sideloaded a…

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    Comment #20778812

    They should have switched to year based versioning. It makes a lot of sense for products that have a major version every year like Android, iOS, and macOS. "Android 2019" would be …

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    Comment #18987513

    It would be great if I can filter those fonts that support ligatures (Like Fira Code).