I wouldn't say I'm not concerned, but I'm hopeful. In one of the video's Sergy Brin says that it will be "entirely open". I hope that google's Do No Evil slogan takes hold.
-Will On Nov 14, 2007 1:34 PM, Festival.Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah that is true but Googles saying: > > "Over time, more of the code that makes up Android will be released, but > at this point, we have been concentrating on shipping an SDK that helps > application developers get started. In short: Stay tuned." > > But what does "over time" mean, that can be 2 months but also 2 years. > So at the moment it is definetly NOT open. > > William Voorhees schrieb: > > > upon further inspection it looks like your right, though I am still > > hopeful based upon this entry in the FAQ. > > > > http://code.google.com/android/kb/licensingandoss.html > > > > Assuming that this is true, it only strengthens the case of the Neo > > 1973 and openmoko project. If the 850mhz issue resolved, I'll be > > buying one. The ability to run various linux based platforms on the > > Neo 1973 device is great. Furthermore this offers great opportunities > > for porting the openmoko platform to any of the android based phones > > that should be coming out in the next year. They will already have a > > working kernel, etc. > > > > -Will > > > > On Nov 14, 2007 11:55 AM, Martin Kirchgessner > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 2007/11/14, William Voorhees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> that's what I thought, till I found this: > >>> > >>> http://git.android.com/ > >>> > >>> -WIll > >>> > >>> > >> Don't be fooled it's only the kernel sources: they have to publish > >> them, as required by the GPL. What about the libs sources? The VM? > >> > >> Marty > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenMoko community mailing list > >> community@lists.openmoko.org > >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community