"are an important part of what "we" call Android" Alas we are not the ones in a position to define what *is* Android.
If a train is 1 minute late I call it late, but unless it's 10 minutes late the UK train operators don't count it in their statistics for late trains because they're the ones reporting the stats so they define what late is. As I understand things anything in the Android repository (http://android.git.kernel.org/) *is* Android. Anything else is considered proprietary additions. Al. Cédric Berger wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:33, Ralf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Even the open source trees (master and cupcake) are missing much of what >>> people consider "android". (Everything from market to contact sync to >>> youtube is closed source, plus all the various hw drivers and such.) >>> >> You're mixing Android source code and Google source code. >> The Android source code is available on the android.com web site. >> The Google source code is not, and I never one of anyone requesting >> the source of gmail or youtube just because they are free to use. >> > > > Yes but it is true that Google apps (maps, gmail, gcalendar, market, > youtube, ...) are an important part of what "we" call Android. > > I do not have a G1, and have android ported on a Neo Freerunner. > Android is really amputed without all these apps. > And these apps not being opened is one thing, but they are not even > available as binaries !! > > Or they could also have released android as an open plateform with > only the linux stack opened.... well "yes it is open, but commercial > phones just have some more proprietary applications... well... > everything android specific " :-p ) > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
