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Handle Copycats (License fraud) #597

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shuvashish76 opened this issue Oct 11, 2021 · 2 comments

shuvashish76 commented Oct 11, 2021 •

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It's ok to copy MaterialFiles as long as you do not violate our GPL3 License. Please inform yourself about GPL3 before forking!!!

List of copies/forks

Forks in Playstore

Paid

File Manager Pro (me.geosoftech.android)

Not Paid

File Manager (com.appbox.filemanager)
File Manager Advanced - File Explorer (x.gen.android.files)
File Explorer FTP Server (com.corproxy.files)
Files Shortcut (No Ads) (org.aospstudio.files)
Files Lite - file manager (com.goodwy.files.lite)
File Manager HD (Document Manager & Explorer) (com.filemanager.sdexplorer)
Filesexplorer Filemanager (com.filesexplorer.filemanager)
File manager 2022 (com.sobha.filemanager)
File manager 12 (com.toolfi.filemanager)

You can report these apps in the Playstore app with "Flag as inappropriate", or submit a report form online.

Removed

File Manager 2 (com.hr.tf)
File Manager File Explorer - Pro (x.genpro.android.files)

shuvashish76 mentioned this issue

Hall of Shame #291

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ZenerDeveloper commented May 21, 2022 •

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Files Shortcut (No Ads) (org.aospstudio.files) is now just a link to DocumentsUI [80KB]
File Manager 2 (com.hr.tf) has been removed from Google Play.

PeterNjeim commented Aug 27, 2022

com.filesexplorer.filemanager has been re-instated

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