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Shizuku is a boon to get around Android's limited app auto-update capabilities, which helps when using non-Google Play apps. See [1] for a list of apps leveraging Shizuku. I use: - Droid-ify [2] as a F-Droid alternative, to have auto-updating apps - Mihon [3] as a Manga reader, with auto-updating extensions - Canta [4] to remove bloat [1]: https://github.com/timschneeb/awesome-shizuku [2]: https://f-droid.org/package…
Was looking at who is the author and saw "Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]" in the LICENCE ( https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/blob/master/LICENSE#L19... ) Is this still valid? If not does that mean that this app has no license?
However copyright is automatic virtually everywhere in the world, so no copyright notice is needed for it to be copyrighted.
A license is how the copyright holder grants permission for people to copy their works in ways that would normally be forbidden by copyright. The copyright notice being invalid doesn’t affect this.
Shizuku is a boon to get around Android's limited app auto-update capabilities, which helps when using non-Google Play apps. See [1] for a list of apps leveraging Shizuku. I use: - Droid-ify [2] as a F-Droid alternative, to have auto-updating apps - Mihon [3] as a Manga reader, with auto-updating extensions - Canta [4] to remove bloat [1]: https://github.com/timschneeb/awesome-shizuku [2]: https://f-droid.org/package…
What limitations are there these days? My F-Droid updates apps automatically in the background, for instance.
As for newer Android versions I don't remember exactly what my issues were, but I think it had to do with a manual confirmation for update or non-background updates. To be confirmed though.
Was looking at who is the author and saw "Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]" in the LICENCE ( https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/blob/master/LICENSE#L19... ) Is this still valid? If not does that mean that this app has no license?
Was looking at who is the author and saw "Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]" in the LICENCE ( https://github.com/RikkaApps/Shizuku/blob/master/LICENSE#L19... ) Is this still valid? If not does that mean that this app has no license?
Yes it's valid. I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. As programmers, our instinct is to try to interpret things literally, as if they can be represented by math or code. Copyright is a thing of the law, and laws are not like that. Laws are interpreted by humans, who generally attempt to interpret the spirit, and generally apply reasonable interpretations. It's clear the author of the code intends it to be ava…
2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the
Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.
For the project as a whole, it is not free. You are FORBIDDEN to distribute the apk compiled by you (including modified, e.g., rename app name "Shizuku" to something else) to any store (IBNLT Google Play Store, F-Droid, Amazon Appstore etc.).
It is NOT open source, it violates freedom 1:
Freedom 1
The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.Shizuku is a boon to get around Android's limited app auto-update capabilities, which helps when using non-Google Play apps. See [1] for a list of apps leveraging Shizuku. I use: - Droid-ify [2] as a F-Droid alternative, to have auto-updating apps - Mihon [3] as a Manga reader, with auto-updating extensions - Canta [4] to remove bloat [1]: https://github.com/timschneeb/awesome-shizuku [2]: https://f-droid.org/package…
Also Ambient Music Mod[2] which gets you constant low power background music recognition a la Pixel on non pixels.
[1] https://gitlab.com/secure-system/Insular [2] https://github.com/KieronQuinn/AmbientMusicMod
Sony Xperia 1 VI, a new top of the line flagship phone from Sony, has all the necessary hardware to be compatible with US carriers, but simply lacks config files for the US because it is not sold in the US.
Shizuku and another app combine to get a few of the settings set which brings it most of the way there.
(Brand new 2024 flagship with headphone jack and SD card! And unlockable bootloader, and good camera including a real macro mode which is specifically something I use a lot for documenting electronics projects. The one remaining blemish is no n71 5g band. I have 5g but just not that band, but that is one of the more important ones that can reach into buildings better. Still though, I do have 5g while inside my house so one of the other bands is doing something.)
Anyway, point is just that I have several real reasons to want this specific phone and not either a S24 or a Pixel 9. And Apps like Shizuku have legit non-nefarious purposes.
Shizuku is a boon to get around Android's limited app auto-update capabilities, which helps when using non-Google Play apps. See [1] for a list of apps leveraging Shizuku. I use: - Droid-ify [2] as a F-Droid alternative, to have auto-updating apps - Mihon [3] as a Manga reader, with auto-updating extensions - Canta [4] to remove bloat [1]: https://github.com/timschneeb/awesome-shizuku [2]: https://f-droid.org/package…
I thought droid-ify does auto-update without shinzuku (or root)? I turned it off because I don't like auto-update, but I could've sworn it still works.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What limitations are there these days? My F-Droid updates apps automatically in the background, for instance.
I use it on multiple devices, including an Android 11 e-reader which doesn't support the capability to auto-update natively. As for newer Android versions I don't remember exactly what my issues were, but I think it had to do with a manual confirmation for update or non-background updates. To be confirmed though.
I have to use it to make my non-US phone work in the US. Sony Xperia 1 VI, a new top of the line flagship phone from Sony, has all the necessary hardware to be compatible with US carriers, but simply lacks config files for the US because it is not sold in the US. Shizuku and another app combine to get a few of the settings set which brings it most of the way there. (Brand new 2024 flagship with headphone jack and SD…
I don’t understand how you could have a flagship phone not work everywhere.
The people with the most money generally travel the most.