I was contacted by same person about the same thing. My application is fully open sourced and licensed under the LGPL, so I don't mind that they redistribute. My question is whether or not this is legal? I will not sign the chinese version with my certificate. I know that the Android Market is not open in China. However, I have not come across anything that says Android Market is the only way of distributing applications. Can someone please confirm this?
Gopal. On Apr 22, 9:36 am, Evil Mushroom Lord <[email protected]> wrote: > They contacted me as well. I told them on no uncertain terms to not > localize or use my applications. We already have someone who has > translated them pending Google's official Android market forChina. > > ~Evil Mushroom Lord > > On Apr 21, 7:58 am, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you put the signature in the manifest, the manifest itself couldn't > > be signed, i.e. someone could modify it and still pretend that they're > > "you". > > > The point of the signature is to prevent someone from modifying your > > code and pretending that they're you. It's definitely not meant to > > prevent piracy. > > > JBQ > > > 2009/4/20 fdimeglio <[email protected]>: > > > > Hello Jean-Baptiste, > > > > When I was asking "how this can be possible?" I was meaning how can an > > > apk be resigned ? Enabling apk re-signing is clearly not good, and I > > > would have expected the signature to be in the manifest and also > > > plugged into the dex file preventing the app to run if the signature > > > is changed. > > > > Right now, here is an easy piracy scenario: > > > > - take any apk > > > - change the resources (all strings should be put into the resources > > > arent they for enabling localization ?) and thus change the > > > application name > > > - find a way to change the package class name > > > - resigned the apk > > > > Voila, a brand new app with code from another app. > > > > That seems too easy. > > > > Fabrice > > > > On Apr 20, 6:46 am, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Well, they could have used their signature instead of yours. > > > >> JBQ > > > >> 2009/4/18 fdimeglio <[email protected]>: > > > >> > Hello, > > > >> > I am the developer of OthBase an Othello/Reversi game application for > > >> > Android available as a free and paid download. > > > >> > To my surprise I have received a couple of days ago the following > > >> > email: > > > >> > ========== > > >> > from: [email protected] > > > >> > Dear Mr. /Ms, > > > >> > Good day！ > > > >> > This isKevinfromChina, my teammates and I have an android community > > >> > website-www.91android.com(oneofthe leading Android community > > >> > websites inChina), we are hoping to get your authorization to > > >> > localize and post your Android application-OthBase on our site. > > > >> > We are aiming to make our website the No.1 Android community inChina > > >> > mainland by publishing android news, localized applications, etc. > > >> > After hardworking and popularizing for months, we have accumulated > > >> > great amount of registers, and have received great attention from > > >> > Android fans and media. > > > >> > Now, we need to get your permission to localize your android > > >> > application mentioned above and put it onto our website. What we are > > >> > offering is a free service and you can regard our website as a > > >> > distribution mechanism (quite like android market, but to distribute > > >> > the Chinese version). > > > >> > We hope and believe that we can both benefit from our cooperation. > > > >> > 1. We can introduce your application to the huge user group inChina > > >> > mainland. > > >> > 2. We can attract more attention by publishing the Chinese version of > > >> > your application on our website. > > > >> > If you are interested, or have any questions, please don't hesitate to > > >> > let me know. Look forward to your feedbacks and suggestions soon. > > > >> > Best regards, > > > >> >KevinXue > > > >> > 2009-04-16 > > >> > fatty228 > > > >> > ========== > > > >> > So I went to their website, done registration and searched for > > >> > OthBase. I could find that they are distributing without my agreement > > >> > an apk of my application localized in Chinese. > > > >> > I immediately sent to this person an email to stop distributing my > > >> > software but I dont know if he will follow my request. > > > >> > Another concern is that after getting their apk, I could install it > > >> > without any issue on my ADP1 and looking at the manifest I could see > > >> > that they have changed the resources and been able to sign all this > > >> > again to make it a perfectly viable apk file. > > > >> > How can this be possible ???? > > > >> > Any suggestion, idea would be very welcome. > > > >> > Fabrice > > > >> -- > > >> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > > >> Android Engineer, Google. > > > >> Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private > > >> will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further > > >> warning. > > > -- > > Jean-Baptiste M. 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