I got a quiet "heads up, you can't do that and we might have to notice" from a googler back when I was making AOSP adp1 images - I only integrated gmail and such on one or two, but the HTC binaries were evidently an issue. It isn't why I stopped, but it certainly contributed.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 1:48 PM, L!TH!UM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Riddle me this, does anyone know if other ROM cooks have received C&D > letters? i realize cyanogen's ROM is the most popular right now, but > I have not heard of any other modders receiving a C&D letter. If not, > then don't throw in the towel just yet. Then again, maybe it is > because Cyanogen was the first to use the donut in his ROM and > included the new Market app. Either way, i seriously doubt this will > stop the modding community. > > On Sep 27, 6:56 am, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ohter problems - you can't make or break calls (oops, "setup" is >> proprietary). Calendar has such dependencies on sync that it just flat >> doesn't work. (I heard rumours that contacts may be the same way.) >> >> The really sick thing is, HTC has already made non-google versions of >> these apps. But - thanks to the android licensing - they're closed >> source too.. >> >> 2009/9/26 Cédric Berger <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 01:49, Jim Ancona <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Sep 25, 7:16 pm, Zanshin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > It does, in fact, mean they can't make custom ROMs. The Google apps >> >> > are part of the core authentication and sign-in framework. Without >> >> > those, the Android platform doesn't work. >> >> >> Not true. I'm running Android, built from the open source tree, on my >> >> Openmoko Freerunner without any of the proprietary Google apps. See >> >>http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/for more info. >> >> > Yes, Google apps are not completly necessary for Android. >> > But it is also true that Android without Google apps looses a lot of >> > interest. Also because a lot of third party applications rely on these apps >> > (ie Maps API). >> > Though of course I fully understand this is Google right to choose not to >> > freely distribute these apps which are their added value... >> >> > And what Disconnect wrote >> > " Seriously, this isn't a case of "oh, just stop distributing gmail". >> > This is - as ryebrye said in JBQ's thread - a case of "AOSP doesn't >> > work AT ALL without tons of proprietary crap". >> > " >> > is, as I understand, more true for a phone like the HTC ones. >> >> > Freerunner was meant from the start to be as open as possible, so all >> > drivers for example were available, with sources, for adaptation to >> > android. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
