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19 Aug 2026, 7:46 PM	Hacker News	3.0	Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027 GrapheneOS posted that Google has stopped pushing Git tags for certain source code, instead requiring requests via Google Forms and delivering code through Google Drive. GrapheneOS claims this puts Google in clear violation of GPLv2, noting Google also began squashing commit history into a single commit before pushing release tags. Why: If you ship or depend on Android-based open-source projects, Google's shift away from standard Git tag releases toward Google Drive tarballs via forms makes tracking and verifying source changes harder. This is a niche compliance dispute, not something most builders need to act on now. open-source android gpl-compliance grapheneos

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19 Aug 2026, 7:46 PM

Hacker News

3.0

Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027

GrapheneOS posted that Google has stopped pushing Git tags for certain source code, instead requiring requests via Google Forms and delivering code through Google Drive. GrapheneOS claims this puts Google in clear violation of GPLv2, noting Google also began squashing commit history into a single commit before pushing release tags.

Why: If you ship or depend on Android-based open-source projects, Google's shift away from standard Git tag releases toward Google Drive tarballs via forms makes tracking and verifying source changes harder. This is a niche compliance dispute, not something most builders need to act on now.