No good can come from this. Was it really necessary to go to a C&D letter as a first move? I thought it was Apple that treated its users with contempt and didn't communicate with them. Talk to the guy, hammer out some sort of agreement that would allow him to distribute the apps or at worst keep doing what he is but with a caveat against including the apps and encouraging users to download them from the Market.
I can't fully see Google's point of view on this. I can appreciate they want to protect their property and rights but as far as I'm aware, no current developer of custom ROMs attempts to charge for their work nor do they try to claim the apps as their work. They're included because it's an expected part of the Android experience and in some cases (Google Mail, YouTube) aren't available as a download via the Market. If it's purely these apps then say so. I dare say that many people would be unhappy but if they can obtain them legally from Google it's just a slight inconvenience rather than a road block. If it's a lot of background stuff too such as the ability to sign in to sync with Google services and the Market app itself then it's effectively killing the modding scene and all the work it's done. I really, really hope it isn't that and is about the main apps because I doubt I'm the only one that would seriously consider dropping Android as soon as my contract ends. I got my G1 for the integration with online stuff, the ability to customise and mod it but I couldn't do it without the help of the many developers. I don't care how hard it is or what needs to be done, Google you need to find a way to resolve this that won't kill the modding scene and seriously tarnish your reputation. Do no harm? This is a case of do MOST harm because it will kill a huge portion of the hard work done for free to help improve Android by enthusiast developers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
