And - not picking on you - that right there is exactly why people should consult actual lawyers when they have licensing/legal questions...
2009/6/2 Luis Alberto Pérez García <[email protected]>: > > 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 <[email protected]>: >>> 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
