Sheridan, you're a little late to the party. Cyanogen has blogged about the situation and has come to an agreement with Google. His blog appears to be down right now (server load?) but the cached version is available here:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:1kjjDx_7P60J:www.cyanogenmod.com/home/the-current-state+cyanogenmod&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk Regarding the general "open-sourceness" of the Android platform, it has been no secret that the shipped O/S was never entirely open-source, only the platform - minus a few device drivers. There are threads going on in the android-platform list about producing open-source replacements for the proprietory components on the ADP1 (development reference phone), but if you are looking for a COMPLETELY open-source platform right now, this one isn't quite there yet. You can either: wait, help out, or buy an OpenMoko phone (which has always used a completely open-source software stack). On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Sheridan Hutchinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just feel really let down about the whole platform now. I was drawn > to Android initially because of it's open-source ethos. In practice > however, I may have just as well got an iPhone for all the > restrictions and missing functionality that it has. > > On the other hand though, even if you go to the Gmail website with > your desktop, it downloads the Javascript Gmail client which is > completely Copyrighted as well, but because it's in your browser it's > more difficult to comprehend that so much. > > Surely we could produce open-source versions of some of the apps and > functionality, somehow? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
