Oops, looks like I missed the WebKit tarball when I uploaded the others.
Thanks for pointing this out -- I've uploaded it now.

Note that no files have been removed;  you simply need to select "Deprecated
Files" from the "Search" option on the downloads page.

- Dan

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Mimir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> It's pretty funny how much leeway people seem to give Google with open
> source licenses. The latest Android SDK has been up for at least 6
> days now and it does include WebCore and JavaScriptCore which are both
> LGPL. Not only have they not posted the latest sources for those
> libraries but they removed all the old sources of those libraries from
> their "open source repository". Also no LGPL copyright notice is
> included in the SDK either. I know if Microsoft or Apple did the same
> thing people would scream bloody murder. Am I missing something or do
> people not seem to get as annoyed when Google is the violator?
>
> I am pretty sure that the LGPL doesn't explicitly state that you can
> post the source code at your leisure or in sync with some other
> business schedule. They do say that they plan to make the project open
> source but in the meantime if Google is posting binaries of LGPL
> libraries to developers they should be releasing sources as well.
>
> I know that the Android team is hard at work and probably in crunch
> mode but the LGPL is a license agreement and it should be followed
> regardless of your other work obligations/schedules/timelines.
>
> I look forward to seeing the sources for WebKit and JavaScriptCore
> being posted promptly.
>
> >
>

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