> PIRACY, plain and simple, and Google *does* have the right to protect > their property.
Since everyone using cyanogenmod has legally obtained an android phone, I don't see how google loses out letting the binaries be included. They already got the money for them. However they lose out on customers if they keep at this. Seems pretty backwards to me. > The simple solution is to just NOT INCLUDE the google apps for which > the rom maker doesn't have a redistribution license. > Is there any particular reason why these roms MUST contain all those > closed source apps? Nope. Actually yeah, the phone can't even boot without proprietary code. > As for Google's motives here, It doesn't appear to be just the > redistribution of their closed source apps. Well, that's what the official statement google released says the motive is.. and the reason why was 'it hurts us,' a re-statement of the position, not an explanation. Then they had the nerve to say 'i hope this clears things up' which it of course doesn't. So far it appears they're doing it because they can. > It appears to be more > specifically related to the distribution of the PRERELEASE DONUT > MARKET APPLICATION. Which again, will be an update provided to people who've already paid for an android phone. Who loses out? > roms, it is most likely that Google would have simply IGNORED HIM as > has been their (apparent) policy in the past. Actually this was in the works at google even before the donut market app was used. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
