And the winner isn't Michael Phelps, but Dan Morrill with a time of 1 hours and 52 minutes to gives access to WebKit source code!
By the way, I first thought also that files have been removed from : http://code.google.com/p/android/downloads/list thx kap On Aug 25, 11:43 am, "Dan Morrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
