There is no violation of the GPL. All the GPL code modified by Google has been released publicly (for instance here: http://code.google.com/p/android/downloads/list).
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:57 PM, André Charles Legendre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to say that for Android community it would be a must if > we could get new SDK releases. > > I think that Android team should go to the following link at FSF.org > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions > > > You would find the following text : > > The GPL does not require you to release your modified version, or > any part of it. You are free to make modifications and use them > privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to organizations > (including companies), too; an organization can make a modified > version and use it internally without ever releasing it outside the > organization. > > But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, > the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the > program's users, under the GPL. > > Thus, the GPL gives permission to release the modified program in > certain ways, and not in other ways; but the decision of whether to > release it is up to you. > > It seems to me that, as soon as Android team publish new SDK release > to the winners (including Linux and other GPL code) they should > publish it with GPL license and it should be public to all of us. > > I would like to have official Android team opinion about that, it > seems to me very important. > > I just cannot believe that Android team could made some major GPL > violation with the agreement of Google legal division. > Sometime we make mistake, sometime it is better to correct them. > > Regards > > Andre Charles Legendre > > > > -- Romain Guy www.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
