Google,
If you are going to play this card, then you need to supply a way for the user to sync our information. THAT PART needs to be open source or licensable. I understand that you may need to have protections on those apps, but WE are taking the risk that Cyanogen is not malicious. I paid for an OPEN SOURCE Android phone with Google. That means I paid for the rights to use these closed source apps and services ALONG with the open source OS. Explain to me how the ROM is "supposedly" open source. Does that mean that I need to compile all of my own ROMs in order to have a modified ROM? Your "closed source" google apps are WAY too ingrained and integrated into the OS to allow a separation. This makes all that "open source" talk no more than Symbian claiming to be open source. Because honestly, without Cyanogen's mods, the G1 is LAME. I am constantly defending its abilities (or lack thereof) with the fact that my phone is part of an open source alliance. Now, the Apple fanboys are going to win. And unfortunately, I may have to join them. Either hire Cyanogen or license him to distribute google apps. Its not like he's changing them. He's optimizing the Linux Kernel that you chose to use in the name of "open-source". You need to stop these silly Apple-like games before Android becomes an afterthought. Sincerely, The Truly Disappointed. On Sep 25, 4:16 pm, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that the Lawyers are involved, I doubt Cyanogen will be able to > release any additional ROMs at all. Even without those apps, I'm sure > the ROMs include little bits of proprietary files required to get the > OS to boot on existing hardware. I don't think there is a single piece > of released hardware that the AOSP runs on (not even the ADP1). So I > don't think the Lawyers will let up because the next custom ROM only > uses a couple of proprietary HTC files. I'm guessing it's done for > good. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
