Telepathy? Why yes, in fact. Writing is so 2009.
On Sep 28, 5:05 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you even know what a C&D is? It is a letter that google's lawyers
> wrote to cyanogen asking him politely to stop distributing their
> closed source apps. It is not a court order! It is just a letter
> asking for compliance. They have NOT taken legal action against
> anyone.
>
> How would YOU start if not by writing a letter to ask? Telepathy?
>
> On Sep 25, 10:25 pm, PaulR <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > No good can come from this. Was it really necessary to go to a C&D
> > letter as a first move? I thought it was Apple that treated its users
> > with contempt and didn't communicate with them. Talk to the guy,
> > hammer out some sort of agreement that would allow him to distribute
> > the apps or at worst keep doing what he is but with a caveat against
> > including the apps and encouraging users to download them from the
> > Market.
>
> > I can't fully see Google's point of view on this. I can appreciate
> > they want to protect their property and rights but as far as I'm
> > aware, no current developer of custom ROMs attempts to charge for
> > their work nor do they try to claim the apps as their work. They're
> > included because it's an expected part of the Android experience and
> > in some cases (Google Mail, YouTube) aren't available as a download
> > via the Market.
>
> > If it's purely these apps then say so. I dare say that many people
> > would be unhappy but if they can obtain them legally from Google it's
> > just a slight inconvenience rather than a road block. If it's a lot
> > of background stuff too such as the ability to sign in to sync with
> > Google services and the Market app itself then it's effectively
> > killing the modding scene and all the work it's done.
>
> > I really, really hope it isn't that and is about the main apps because
> > I doubt I'm the only one that would seriously consider dropping
> > Android as soon as my contract ends. I got my G1 for the integration
> > with online stuff, the ability to customise and mod it but I couldn't
> > do it without the help of the many developers. I don't care how hard
> > it is or what needs to be done, Google you need to find a way to
> > resolve this that won't kill the modding scene and seriously tarnish
> > your reputation. Do no harm? This is a case of do MOST harm because
> > it will kill a huge portion of the hard work done for free to help
> > improve Android by enthusiast developers.- Hide quoted text -
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