Here's the silly thing: It would be ok if Cyanogen made Nandroid first copied the propriatary .apk files from the original ROM, weaved it into the custom ROM and flashed it back.
I hope Google won't do too much of this, because then I might as well had bought an iPhone. /Casper On 27 Sep., 19:54, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/formore 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
