The most intelligent solution would be disabling it in the firmware shipped in the US. Most handst manufacturers are based in the far east, T-Mobile can ship them to whomever they want outside the US, and developers working outside the US can continue to work on it.
The same approach was used with encryption in pre-2006 where I could order a VPN server from any number of European or far east websites which, technically, if I took into the US or left the US with I could be charged as an arms smuggler under US law. If your country has laws that prevent you getting a technology you should talk to the politicians about changing the law, not try and remove the functionality from devices shipped to those of us in the free world. Al. JP wrote: > I speculate one of the reasons that multi-touch was not in the Android > "package" because the patent was pending. I predict that noone outside > Apple will touch multi-touch even with a 10ft. pole (pun intended). > > The bigger issue in my view is gesture-based scrolling, which *is* > part of Android and which happens to be claimed in the patent. > Somebody enlighten us how this is not going to be a battle down the > road? > > > > > > On Jan 27, 9:52 am, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > >> It's only a US patent and the world is a big place. >> >> All it means is that if anyone has a Multi-Touch innovation and wants to >> play it safe will stay out of the US market. >> >> Welcome to America, the land of the free, well, as long as you have the >> right lawyer that is. >> >> Al. >> >> robotissues wrote: >> >>> via Slashdot .. >>> >>> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F27%2F024242&from=rss >>> >>> Does this really put the kabosh on multitouch on Android for the next >>> 18 years? Anyone out there have any thoughts on this? >>> >>> www.smileproject.com >>> >> -- >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> subsidiaries. >> > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
