At least they didn't make the copyright mistakes this time. Perhaps it would be better if this version of Vanced stayed difficult to install to avoid spreading it too wide.
more like, trademark mistakes. Patching and redistributing a proprietary app most definitely violates copyrights.
It was a stupid coincident. Google would've killed Vanced sooner or later.
Revanced patches the locally installed version, so hopefully that means they'll be in the clear
I wonder if the original "vanced" can now file a dispute over this project's name?
1. ReVanced has a disclaimer that they're not affiliated, which helps make sure people aren't confused.
2. The Vanced people probably are glad someone's continuing their efforts after they're no longer able to.
3. Vanced has been discontinued and taken down, so it's no longer "used in commerce", so I think the common law trademark should cease to exist.
Yeah, maybe at the piracy trademark comission on pirate island... For obvious reasons Vanced had no trademark on anything and thus can't sue for trademark infringements.
They could possibly sue for a copyright infringement, but for that they'd have to prove that they do in fact hold a copyright on whatever they're suing for. They'd have to prove that (whatever) indeed is either (a) an original work that's protected under copyright or (b) it's a derivative work that's protected under copyright.
Copyright infringement is a much stronger claim at this point if they were actually upset. Vanced obviously had original code, so to the extent ReVanced copies that without permission, it would be infringing.