Folks this is just way too humorous. I goggled "C & D" and came up with this link on Cyanogen and Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZHT389eR4 ----- Original Message ----- From: "lbcoder" <[email protected]> To: "Android Discuss" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Don't Stop CyanogenMod! Authentication and sign in are only needed to support gmail, market, etc. 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. > > The protection from modification of the google apps' source is the > same it is for Google's repository: it's public. You simply don't > download from a source you don't trust. That's a bad argument. > > On Sep 25, 11:37 am, "L!TH!UM" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was initially disappointed to hear this news, but after thinking > > about it a bit, it was a necessary one. The big issue is that > > Cyanogen is including the google APKs like Google Mail, Google Maps, > > etc. These are closed applications and not part of the Android OS, > > and if Google lets this slide, they may not be able to defend against > > other ROMs including these APKs without permission. Also, consider > > what would happen if any of those APKs were modified to do something > > devious, like send contact info to some server out there on the > > interwebs. Who do you think users would initially blame? I'm > > guessing they'd blame Google regardless of the fact that they modded > > their phone. > > > This C&D does not prevent Cyanogen from making custom ROMs, he/she/ > > they just cannot include those google applications anymore. I can > > understand this move and hope the modding community takes note and > > keeps up the modding, minus these apps (unfortunately). > > > ~L!TH > > > On Sep 25, 7:57 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
