Open Source

WebRTC

File bytes travel on an encrypted WebRTC data channel between the paired devices. The Android app includes a WebRTC implementation. The website uses the WebRTC APIs provided by the browser.

WebRTC is licensed under a BSD-style license with an additional patent grant. Redistributing that software in the app requires us to keep the following copyright notice, conditions, and disclaimer with the product.

Software License

Copyright (c) 2011, The WebRTC project authors. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    distribution.

  * Neither the name of Google nor the names of its contributors may
    be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
    without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Additional IP Rights Grant

Additional IP Rights Grant (Patents)

"This implementation" means the copyrightable works distributed by
Google as part of the WebRTC code package.

Google hereby grants to you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
no-charge, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent
license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import,
transfer, and otherwise run, modify and propagate the contents of
this implementation of the WebRTC code package, where such license
applies only to those patent claims, both currently owned by Google
and acquired in the future, licensable by Google that are necessarily
infringed by this implementation of the WebRTC code package. This
grant does not include claims that would be infringed only as a
consequence of further modification of this implementation. If you or
your agent or exclusive licensee institute or order or agree to the
institution of patent litigation against any entity (including a
cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that this
implementation of the WebRTC code package or any code incorporated
within this implementation of the WebRTC code package constitutes
direct or contributory patent infringement, or inducement of patent
infringement, then any patent rights granted to you under this License
for this implementation of the WebRTC code package shall terminate as
of the date such litigation is filed.

Other open-source software

InstaShare also uses other open-source libraries on Android and the web, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, CameraX, and ML Kit. Those projects are typically licensed under Apache License 2.0. Their full license texts are published by their authors.