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Violations and Practices of TrickyStore Author

📦 Use of Open-Source Code Without Proper Licensing

  • Took headers from AOSP for stubbing without providing proper attribution or respecting licensing norms ¹.
  • Statically linked an LGPLv3 library into their binary but failed to release their source or comply with LGPL requirements ².

🚫 "All Rights Reserved"

  • Initially published code with no license, making it "all rights reserved" despite using open-source components ³.
  • Invited pull requests (“PRs welcome”) while keeping the code legally closed – taking from the community without giving back ⁴.

🔒 Shift to Fully Closed-Source

  • After releasing a few open-source versions, decided to fully close-source the project with:
    • Encrypted module binaries
    • Obfuscated APKs
  • Claimed:

    “Due to rampant misuse and fewer contributions than expected, this module will be closed-source starting from version 1.1.0.” ⁵

References

  1. https://github.com/5ec1cff/TrickyStore/tree/master/module/src/main/cpp/binder/include/binder
  2. https://github.com/5ec1cff/TrickyStore/blob/master/module/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt#L28
  3. 5ec1cff/TrickyStore#84
  4. https://github.com/5ec1cff/TrickyStore/blob/master/README.md?plain=1#L91
  5. https://github.com/5ec1cff/TrickyStore/blob/release/README.md?plain=1#L11