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something about calyx kicking graphene out of their AOSP alliance project, which graphene retaliated too by denying calyx the right to use their code. It seems a little bit like a game where both parties brought their ball to play, and then both sides said screw you guys, we're going home.
If they're actually open source, this should be literally impossible.
I'm no legal expert, but it's something to do with the fact that the original code for this was not open source, and was written by a dev not associated with either project. Some Graphene dev updated it for android 12, under whatever license, which somehow meant they could tell calyx they couldn't use the code for android 12. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Graphene are rewriting the code under a full OS license, which they said they would have no issue with calyx using that under the rules of that license.