Cyanogen and other "hackers" (why you call them that is beyond me... "hackers" implies illegal and custom roms are ENCOURAGED -- please call them "independent android developers" instead) are PERFECTLY FREE to continue their work. If you believe otherwise, you are quite misinformed.
In fact, Cyanogen has himself personally stated that he WILL continue his work, which is actually NOT AFFECTED by the licensing on google closed source apps. *minor* changes are being made such that custom roms will NOT include the closed source apps, which you can save from your stock rom (i.e. backup, which is allowed within the terms of the license). Fact is that there are some apps that google produces FOR android that are NOT part of AOSP and are distributed closed source under different licenses than AOSP. ACCEPT IT. And FYI: your thread of going with wimo is kind of retarded since wimo is *exactly everything* that you are using as an excuse against google affecting your use of android. If you don't like having a handful of closed source apps on your phone, then 1) Don't use them -- they aren't required for Android, 2) Don't use wimo since it is *entirely closed source*. Read everything here to understand: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ On Sep 26, 10:34 am, Joe Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Well done, I was planning on getting a G1 on Wednesday with the hopes > of putting Cyanogen on it, but because of this, I'm afraid I can no > longer support you as a company and as such, I will now get a Samsung > OMNIA with Windows Mobile, I shall also add all google ad services to > my adblock list, use Microsofts Bing and at soonest possible chance, > change my email address to a different service. > > If there was some sense in your actions regarding Cyanogen, I would > just say "Fair enough" and move on, but there is none, firstly, you > say "This is open source", then you wait a year after it was released, > then shut the main ROM maker down, because some free to access > (Emphasis on free) services are bundled with it, this isn't hurting > your bottom line at all, I can access gmail for free on anything with > a web browser, even the not "With Google" devices that have a browser > (Such as my current Moto V3xx), yet I don't see you having a script to > make sure the request is coming from Windows, Linux, Android OS, etc, > these actions really give off a vibe that you're just annoyed that > this single man is able to code better and faster than your entire > Android Dev Team and you don't want to compete. > > If you really wanted this to stop for any other reason, you could of > patched the bug that lets us root the phone, but you never did, unlike > Sony with the Playstation Portable, people have been releasing custom > firmware since day 1 on that, Sony didn't like it, but never sent a > C&D because they knew most of the market share for it was people who > wanted to flash it, they patched the firmware instead again and again > to stop it, but never truely tried to stop it completely, if you don't > like these custom ROMs, then patch the bug, don't send a C&D to the > maker for helping your comunity. > > In short, you've lost me as a potential customer for now, at least > until you let Cyanogen and other ROM hackers continue their work > unabridged. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
