Sorry for the missunderstanding on the LGPL, I was talking without knowing it for sure :P
Disconnect escribió: > FYI you cannot do that for LGPL. When you are changing the actual lgpl > work (the app, library, etc) the lgpl behaves just like the gpl. (It > merely allows you to create -other- works that use the -unmodified- > lgpl work without releasing code to those -other- works.) > > EG libfoo - if you write foomaster that uses libfoo, but don't change > libfoo, you don't need to release source. If you change libfoo, you > must release source to those changes (and possibly to more stuff too.) > > If you have licensing questions, you need to talk to a lawyer. Asking > around here will not get you anything good. (Consider - if you mess > up, you can't just say "oh, well, some guy on the internet told me it > was ok"...) Also, read the licenses themselves. They aren't actually > that complicated and that is the best source of information on what > you can/can't do with them. > > 2009/6/2 Luis Alberto Pérez García <lui...@gmail.com>: >> It depends on the license. Just find out what license is android on and >> then, have a look at the license. I know you can do that on LGPL for >> instance, but I think Android is not LGPL. MIT license rings a bell but >> not sure... >> >> By the way, I would like more people (I have not enough experience yet) >> to improve android included apps rather than making new ones (for >> example, I'll prefer people to add improvements to the sms app included >> with android than having some many different apps for managing >> messages). But... no charging for it ;) (I'm an open-source guy :P) >> >> Is there anyone else working/thinking about improving the included apps? >> >> alucard20004 escribió: >>> Like the Alarm Clock, Calculator, etc. >>> >>> I see that the source is available at : >>> >>> http://source.android.com/ >>> >>> For example, the alarm clock I'm going to modify will "look exactly >>> the same" as the built-in one, but there'll be a lot more functions. >>> >>> Is it legal to extend the functionality of the Alarm Clock and publish >>> it as paid application? >>> >>> I'm new to the open-souce stuff. I believe it's 99% doable but still >>> want to ask just to make sure. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
