ObjectBox cannot be used in Open Source apps

[LeoColman]

From Fdroid's repository:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/merge_requests/1150

As ObjectBox is not Open Source, you can't used it in Open Source apps.

Could you please make this project really open source so that developers can use it?
If not, could you please remove the LICENSE file from the repository root? If the code is not Apache-2.0 we shouldn't advertise it as such

[obvionaoe]

Can anyone address this issue? @greenrobot-team I'd like to use ObjectBox in my app, but I won't if it isn't truly open source

[greenrobot]

@LeoColman Sorry, but the facts are wrong on so many levels, I don't know where to start. "ObjectBox cannot be used in Open Source apps" is just FUD level. Please inform yourself and create a new ticket once you understand the setup.

[obx-vivien]

ObjectBox can be used in any app, open source or not - I want to make this clear first of all 😊

And here is a really great resource to inform oneself on the basics of open source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4b1TA5Q5w

[obvionaoe]

Isn't the gradle plugin proprietary and used to install a proprietary binary? If that is not the case, please clarify it...

[obvionaoe]

@LeoColman Sorry, but the facts are wrong on so many levels, I don't know where to start. "ObjectBox cannot be used in Open Source apps" is just FUD level. Please inform yourself and create a new ticket once you understand the setup.

maybe, as part of the ObjectBox team you could clarify this for us instead of just shutting down the issue...

[LeoColman]

My open source app got suspended.
Object box cannot be used in open source apps.
Please reopen this issue

[LeoColman]

@greenrobot @greenrobot-team

If it's open source, can you give me the source code for the gradle plug-in?

[greenrobot]

maybe, as part of the ObjectBox team you could clarify this for us instead of just shutting down the issue...

We happy to engage in discussion if a minimum level of understanding or willingness to learn is demonstrated.

[LeoColman]

What is left to learn?
The app got disabled, you can send me 100 videos and the app is still suspended.

That leads me to the conclusion that object box cannot be used in a floss setting.

Could you please explain how to do that?

[greenrobot]

I'm very sorry about whatever happened to your app. Nevertheless, you need to educate yourself about licenses. Before this does not happen, please refrain from further comments. This is an issue tracker, and what you have written so far is not constructive and not actionable.

[LeoColman]

This is an issue tracker.
Object box cannot be used in Open Source apps

Isn't this an issue?

[LeoColman]

not actionable

You could release the source code of the gradle plugin, that's an action that would fix this issue

[LeoColman]

Sorry, but the facts are wrong on so many levels, I don't know where to start.

Prove it to me that I'm wrong.

• Write a basic app that uses ObjectBox
• Publish it to FDroid
• Don't have it removed for not being open source

[greenrobot]

Fdroid does not equal open source. Please. If there are specific rules, the expectations here are an inquiry quoting specific requirements for Fdroid. E.g. if for fdroid, all the libs - including native binaries - have to be open source, than ObjectBox does not qualify for those specific terms. There's no secret and no surprise here.

[LeoColman]

I raised #1102 to tackle the specific rule that Objectbox is not conforming to

[LeoColman]

than ObjectBox does not qualify for those specific terms

Then ObjectBox is not FLOSS, and we should remove that information from the README

[obx-vivien]

There are thousands of live apps using ObjectBox... so I think that is not what this is about... but rather, please correct me if I am wrong, a strong copyleft condition?

[LeoColman]

Yes, I believe you're correct