pssssttt - and if you guys like upvoting: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/duplicates/fvh75/7_demands_by_the_android_developers_union/
thanks! R On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Rich Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, FCers! > > I and many others have been fed up with Google because of their > lackluster support for the Android market. > In response, I am forming a Union of Android Developers. The demands > are laid out here: http://www.andevuni.org/ > This is the statement: > > We, the members and supporters of the Android Developers Union, > are fed up with the conditions of the Android Market. We are tired of > being treated like sharecroppers on Google's digital plantation! We > have compiled a list of seven demands which Google can implement to > improve the Market. Implementing these demands will absolutely improve > the working conditions for Android developers, thereby improving the > Android ecosystem and giving a better experience to our customers. > If our demands are not met, we will move our applications to > alternative marketplaces or the web, cease Android development in > favor of other more open platforms, we will dissuade other developers > from developing Android projects, and we will work tirelessly to > counter any of Google's hypocritical claims about Openness in the > media. > These are our demands! They are simple and they are attainable, so > we hope that Google will do the right thing! > > * Renegotiation of the 32% Google-tax on applications sales > * Remedy to the Order of Entry Effect > * Public Bug Tracking > * Increased Payment Options > * Codified Rules and a Removal Appeal Process > * Communication and Engineering Liaison > * Algorithmic Transparency > > If you know any Android developers or are only any other software > lists, please pass this link around! A tweet or two would be nice as > well! :) > > Thanks very much!, > Rich > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
