# LG acquires Athom

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**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-acquires-athom/112310 "2024-07-03T03:50:04Z")\
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> [@Peter\_Kawa](#):
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> I’m not an app developer, but I can imagine some agreement is signed when an app gets added to the app store.

I can’t remember ever having signed anything. Legally speaking, if nothing is signed, the Athom store is a copyright pitfall because Athom is distributing third-party apps/code without explicit consent.

It used to be that Athom required apps to be open source (which means explicit licensing), but that stopped somewhere around firmware v2.

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