Thats an interesting blog post by the devs, but I frankly think its a load of crap. I've seen devs post here on the forums on more than one occation to customer requests of apps2sd as being 'do it yourself its not a priority' -paraphrased However they failed to mention that doing it yourself was violating the TOS for the software that your phone needs to function like it should. Am I missing something here?
On Sep 25, 7:16 pm, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > Some more info here, from > Google:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/note-on-google-apps-fo... > > "...we've been seeing some really cool and impressive things, such as > the custom Android builds that are popular with many enthusiasts..." > > "...we developed Android apps for many of our services like YouTube, > Gmail, Google Voice, and so on. These apps are **Google's way of > benefiting from Android*** in the same way that any other developer > can, but the apps are not part of the Android platform itself. We make > some of these apps available to users of any Android-powered device > via Android Market, and others are ***pre-installed on some phones > through business deals***. Either way, ***these apps aren't open > source***, and that's why they aren't included in the Android source > code repository. Unauthorized distribution of this software harms us > just like it would any other business, even if it's done with the best > of intentions..." > > "...We always love seeing novel uses of Android, including custom > Android builds from developers who see a need..." > > Cyanogen was giving away non-opensource applications that generate > some revenue for (benifits) Google. That they want to nip this in the > bud (as soon as possible) is understandable. > > But Google doesn't want to shut down Cyanogen, and others like them, > all together. Google actually like to see these kinds of activities. > > At least, that's what i understand from this blog-post. > > On Sep 25, 10:57 am, PhoenixAG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Google, > > > We love you as a company and love the Android platform. It is only > > made better when it is enhanced by people like Cyanogen who use the > > open nature of the platform to further it and attracts many more > > people to it, as a result. > > > I am one of the people who was attracted towards Android not for the > > official rom, but because of the open nature of Android and that I > > could use a custom rom on it. > > > Someone who has put in so much hard work on the platform should not be > > told to cease and desist, but commended and encouraged to continue to > > work better. > > > Don't become Apple! > > > The 30,000 users of CyanogenMod and many more Android users will thank > > you for it. > > > Remember, "Don't be Evil!" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
