Sean, NO WAY is rooting a human rights issue. But hey... the source code is available and anyone who wants to do so can compile it and then find a device to install it on. That's called OPEN source. Not a human right but a right of the license for anyone to use if they want to make the effort to do so. Having things handed to someone should NEVER be a human right.
Just one person's opinion On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats funny, do you have a link for where they published these "fundamental > tenets"? > > Cuz.. its funny.. out of the dozens (hundreds?) of different android > devices released since the G1, afiak they only provided 2 that were rootable > in any reasonable way (nexus phones) > > That doesn't sound like a fundamental tenet at all to me... > > (Also, this probably belongs on android-discuss..) > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Sean McGuffee <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> I just got an Android phone for the first time today. I noticed right >> away that there is no option in the settings to enable root access. >> Come on developers! It's one thing to make an option to turn off root >> access, but it's another to remove the option to turn it back on. I >> propose that it become a FUNDAMENTAL TENET of the the Android >> operating system that if MUST ALWAYS ALLOW ANY USER TO ENABLE ROOT >> ACCESS IN SETTINGS. How can it be that it has come to this? Why are >> people and companies so afraid of letting people use their operating >> systems. If you are one of the people associated with the concept of >> creating an operating system configured without root access, you >> should be ashamed of yourself. People like me shouldn't have to go and >> re-configure or re-write an operating system to get ONE option to be >> root. Seriously, this shouldn't be an issue and I am dead serious >> about the entire community uniting on this tenet of always allowing >> root access. No adult should ever be able to purchase a android phone >> and not automatically be given a way to get access to root and set the >> password to root. Now, I can imagine a parent wanting to use that >> setting to disable that option, but that should be at the discretion >> of the owner of the phone. Absolutely no company or software developer >> should ever get the opportunity to restrict root access. As a >> mechanism of enforcing this tenet, I propose that all future >> distributed releases should be required to meet the requirement that >> root access be available in settings. If a release is found to >> restrict this or even offer a setting as is currently the case that >> allows for the build of a phone without root access should be flagged >> and removed from the android archives. EVERYONE WHO AGREES PLEASE >> REPLY EXPRESSING YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT!!! --No matter if you are >> in the developer community or in the phone owner community or even >> simply anyone who understands that this could be considered a human >> rights issue. >> Sincerely, >> Sean McGuffee >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "android-platform" 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-platform?hl=en. >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
