[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
Guys, let's also not forget that XDA has new rules.

I have no idea who this guy is and absolutely DO NOT support kanging, but I certainly do support Open Source and Sharing.

XDA rules used to be straight forward as this - A DEV posts say.. a ROM, a tweak, MOD, etc..

No one is able to use it UNLESS the DEV gives that person 100% permission.

NOW.. since the Team Venom/Sergio and what happened was this.

Was a bit ago so stay with me.

Team Venom was Team PKMN, if anyone remembers..

Anyway, what happened, was their ROM/Tweaks app, hub, all that was kanged to the fullest degree of kanging.

If you know smali, for a tweak, you need say a "Method" you can name this whatever you want so when you go back into that app you can easily find your new method for the tweak, so let's suse the Tweak: Wake on Volume..

for example here was Team Venoms code:

.method private [COLOR="Red"]TeamVenom[/COLOR]WakeOnVolTweak(Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)V

and then in Sergios Tweak app he would change to:

.method private [COLOR="Red"]Sergio[/COLOR]WakeOnVolTweak(Landroid/view/MotionEvent;)V

this is one small example of kanging, cos after the method comes the coding.. and for certain MODs their are different ways to accomplish the same thing. But when sh*t hit the fan XDA reviewed the app and from my memory, it wasa 99% kang... the only thing that he did was simple change TeamVenom strings (a string is just a line of code) to Sergio.

Not only did he do this, Team Venom provides their ROMs for free (except for their new donation for the tweaks app - just to stop the 5 seconds when entering the app, you still get all the goodies without paying) anyway, Sergio added his kanged tweaks app to the Market making it possible for basically ALL ROM DEVs to download this Tweaks app BUT HE ALSO MADE A LOT OF MONEY OFF THEIR WORK!!! and then smali code all the tweaks into their ROM, which would be SO easy because since it's Team Venoms tweaks app you simply compare the applications and the exact code will work because all the code is the same only the method name is changed and that is just for convince to find what you're looking for.

Ok, so after a very long time (XDA had to go through EVERYTHING, threads from multiple phones and phones carriers, then all the posts within, and then all the PM on XDA!, it took some time..), XDA decided that Sergio was a complete kang, and not only banned him, his Tweaks kang app, gave any ROM Dev a chance to remove it from their ROMs or it would be deleted, and possible infractions.

Then, XDA had to do something/

So rant over, here is the point - skip to here if you don't care to read the above. :cool:

So, now, if you post a ROM, MOD, Tweak, etc.. to XDA, and you allow JUST 1 person to use it, it is FREE game for ALL to use without asking permission (although that is kinda d*ck move, you should still ask, even if they say no you can still use it..).

For example:

old XDA rules: ROM gets posted, no one can take a thing from it. The ROM Dev allows a buddy to use a tweak from his ROM, but NO ONE else - this was 100% within the rules and fine..

NEW rules: ROM gets posted, no one can take a thing from it - UNTIL the Dev allows someone to use a tweak from it or literally anything. (I may have to double check this part..) but if ANYTHING is shared from the ROM to someone else, it's free game for the rest, very tough, as now no one shares really anything because if they share, then someone they don't like will be able to use it..

I have to double check, to find out if say, if ANYTHING is shared from the ROM, ANYTHING else can be used from it, or just that specific thing that was shared.

The rules are a bit tough now, and I do agree with allowing EVERYONE to use the fix if it's shared publicly, otherwise it's just playing games and Devs fighting, we have enough of that!