The fact of the matter is, Google did what they needed to and what was right. Whether or not you like the idea of what they've done is a completely different story. The OS is open source, yes, but the applications are not, and they have a right to distribute those as they like. Therefore, they've left the platform open, without giving access to all of the apps. It's a reasonable approach and still leaves the platform open. Even if it's not as open as everyone would like. ------------------ http://andrewhays.net http://ashays.livejournal.com
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Felipemnoa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Go ahead and join apple. Nothing wrong with being able to program in more > than one phone. If you look at things objectively google has done nothing > wrong. > > On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Calvin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
