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Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"?

From "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"?
Date 2025-02-28 21:42 +0100
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Marion,

> Oh, I think I know what Rudy was trying to say, which is the "we" should
> be changed to "Android", in that this signature key is for Android, not 
> us.

Bingo.  Well done.

Its not that you /can't/ use it for the purpose you describe, but that is 
not what it was created for.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 21:36 +0000
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 21:44 +0000
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 22:36 +0000
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 08:43 +0100
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:30 +0000
      Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:46 +0000
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 21:42 +0100
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-02-28 09:01 +0100
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:19 +0000
      Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-01 10:00 +0100
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 09:54 +0000
          Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 10:12 +0000
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 10:27 +0000
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 11:44 +0100
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 11:36 +0100
          Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-01 14:22 +0100
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 15:40 +0100
              Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-06 11:30 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-06 12:29 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-07 09:01 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-07 09:50 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-07 14:37 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-07 14:58 +0100

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