He probably looked at http://source.android.com/project and got confused:
"The Android Open Source Project has been structured to ensure that:
* The community has full visibility into platform evolution and
decision-making.
* Contributions are recognized and rewarded.
* Android achieves commercial relevance."
So he's looking for the place to do #1 and #3.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm sorry I misunderstood you on the possibility of contributions - I
> thought that's what you meant when you brought up the point that
> Android is Open-Source.
>
> JBQ
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Chevalier Dev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Jean-Baptiste:
>>
>> I may be wrong but I believe there is currently a large number of
>> people paid to work on this platform. I am just pointing out that it
>> seems they left out an important aspect. Sending me to hell by telling
>> me to develop the OS myself may close this discussion but it is not
>> going to make things happen magically.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> There's no fundamental reason why such security features shouldn't be
>>> included, and not having them indeed limits the out-of-the-box
>>> usefulness of Android for corporate users. It all boils down to
>>> resources and priorities, and if you'd like to contribute code toward
>>> those features the best place to discuss your contributions is
>>> actually the android-platform list.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
> Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google.
>
> Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
> will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
> warning.
>
