Re: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread Gothnet
Ignacio Torres Masdeu wrote: in fact there is a lot of closed linux devices out there , for example routers,motorola phones, ebook reader... and those doesn't mean Linux is closed, It only means that if they don't publish the code, and that's usual, they are violating the GPL.

Re: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread Gothnet
I should also add that at least in the short term I would expect that being able to run android applications on FR is going to give me a far wider choice of mobile-friendly software than any of the true linux distros available for FR. -- View this message in context:

RE: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
@lists.openmoko.org Asunto: Re: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty) Ignacio Torres Masdeu wrote: in fact there is a lot of closed linux devices out there , for example

RE: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread Gothnet
jldominguez wrote: Hello, is it true that Google can uninstall an app not approved by themselves (that is, an app not included in the 'Android Market')? I understand the app would be uninstalled when the user visits a Google shop or accesses a Google service? It's not true that any

Re: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread GNUtoo
You instinctively decide to hate it due to some features you don't like (which are aimed at supporting proprietary apps, and you're free to disable in your version, or just not use those apps). There's nothing stopping people from releasing android apps as FOSS. personally I really like the

Re: [OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-21 Thread Gothnet
GNUtoo wrote: There is something stopping people from contributing: make: *** No rule to make target `run-java-tool', needed by `out/host/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/droiddoc_intermediates/javalib.jar'. Stop. what should I do? PS: I've some java warnings etc...I hope it's not the

[OT] Is Android really free? (was Re: root almighty)

2009-05-19 Thread Ignacio Torres Masdeu
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 00:43, David Reyes Samblas Martinez da...@tuxbrain.com wrote: in fact there is a lot of closed linux devices out there , for example  routers,motorola phones, ebook reader... and those doesn't mean Linux is closed, It only means that if they don't publish the code, and