Why did the take a yr to do this? Why not come off the bat and mention it? A lot of fine print is meant to drag and confuse people. DId you read the whole fine print in your credit card, cable tv, android phone, pc/mac OS?
On Sep 29, 9:35 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > That is only the case if you *DON'T READ*. > > Android is android -- see OHA, AOSP. > "With Google" means "With Google" -- see Google. > > When you sync with AOSP repo, the closed source "with google" stuff is > NOT THERE. > > The licenses are ALL included IN YOUR PHONE. Settings/About/Licenses. > Read them. Didn't know they were there? Your own fault for not > looking! > > On Sep 28, 6:40 pm, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's not really that. Is that they provide android and the "with > > Google" experience yet they do not differentiate between both. Then a > > year later they provide the most recognized developer with a C&D > > letter. > > And who is to say this will stop? > > > On Sep 28, 5:12 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is nothing more than a minor change in procedure. The end results > > > are no difference EXCEPT that the lawyers will be happy. > > > > Read. > > > Think. > > > > The only reason people are "pissed off" is that they are too dumb to > > > read and understand what is going on. > > > > On Sep 26, 3:17 am, W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well said. This is firing a bullet right into your own toes. No one > > > > is disputing Google's legal right to do this. It's about how > > > > fundamentally stupid it is to piss off your most ardent and > > > > technically savvy supporters. Unless Google reverses course here, the > > > > next few plays are pretty straightforward-- (1) cyanogen and other > > > > developers move to another platform (sucking air, advocacy, and > > > > momentum from Android's adoption) or (2) a serious effort gets > > > > underway to replace the proprietary .apks/apis with true open-source > > > > replacements-- a map app that uses openstreetmap (with turn-by-turn), > > > > a better IMAP client for gmail, an alternative market app like > > > > andappstore, etc. Eventually the IP-unencumbered alternatives will be > > > > as good or better than Google's offerings, and what will Google have > > > > gained? This is how it's worked with open-source since the beginning > > > > of time. > > > > > It is strategically unwise for Google to publicly advocate FOSS > > > > development, build an entire platform on FOSS codebase, promote FOSS > > > > philosophy to win market share and mindshare, then take a massive dump > > > > all over their burgeoning development community and fan base. (and if > > > > you don't think that's what's happened, read the comments on xda- > > > > developers, android blogs, or most of the Google apps in the Market) > > > > > W > > > > > On Sep 24, 8:08 pm, Josh Steiner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is one of the stupidest moves I've seen a company do in a while. > > > > > First, wait til an organic community developer group forms around your > > > > > product, wait til they release improved version of your free OS, let > > > > > them > > > > > hype it to death for you... then C&D them out of existence until they > > > > > all go > > > > > tinker with Maemo or Linmo (or iPhone or Web OS) devices. > > > > > > It doesn't matter if Google, Inc are legally correct, this is a > > > > > boneheaded > > > > > business decision. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > So everytime I have seen someone ask about apps2sd for android, the > > > > > > response has been something along the lines of 'well if you don't > > > > > > like > > > > > > the space on the phone modify it yourself if its that easy' Someone > > > > > > takes this to heart and does it for free for thousands of users who > > > > > > are already supporting google and you shut them down? Now we have > > > > > > to > > > > > > pick between having space for apps on our phone -OR- not having the > > > > > > marketplace on our phone anymore so it doesn't even matter? I > > > > > > highly > > > > > > suggest if you are going to C&D cyanogen to give users who have > > > > > > PAID > > > > > > for a 'powered by google' android device to backup their google apps > > > > > > that they paid for. We have paid for the software we should be > > > > > > entitled to use it with any build of android we choose. Otherwise, > > > > > > you might want to try taking user requests a little more seriously. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
