the big deal is that the license does not grant the right to
re-distribute. this is pretty standard for a closed source license.
while it's true that most (all?) android phones come with the google
apps today, there's no requirement of that and it may not be the case
in the future. mr. cell phone maker can take AOSP and build their own
dist and choose not to include the google apps. google doesn't want mr.
happy phone owners to be able to install a 3rd party dist that includes
the google apps. why not? because mr. happy vendor didn't license the
apps from google, and the apps weren't tested on mr. happy vendor's
hardware.
On 9/26/09 11:03 PM, Fugita wrote:
Understood but they come with the phone already so what is the big
deal? It is not like CM is altering the Google Applications. He is
altering the OS.
On Sep 26, 10:09 pm, Jeffrey Blattman <[email protected]>
wrote:
unfortunately, it's not that simple. there are parts of android dists
like CM that are not in AOSP. the google apps are a major, glaring
example. their license clearly does not allow them to be re-distributed.
so you can make a custom android dist, but it can't include google mail,
google maps, google contacts, etc. the analogy would be if you created a
custom linux dist and bundled a bunch of for-pay, closed-source software
with it. no one would question why that is illegal.
i think a lot of people just assume that those google android apps are
open source. they aren't.
On 9/26/09 6:56 PM, Fugita wrote:
It is an Open Operating System with the code released for all to use
but developers have stopped Modifying the Stock OS because it seems it
is illegal! WHAT... I mean really it is OPEN! Meaning we can do what
we want with the code as long as we are not selling it for profit,
right?
I just don't get it. I mean with developers out there like Cyanogen
making the OS better, I'd be looking at his work to see what could be
done to add changes to the OS and MAKE IT BETTER!
Why not listen to the community instead of trying to shut them down!
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