On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jason Proctor <jason.android.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > the issue isn't so much whether you can make changes, as whether > anyone will take them.
Or purposely writing code to break them as with the promises Diane made on this topic. > apart from a few proprietary closed apps like Maps, you can change > any part of Android you like, and run your own personal version on > your phone. you can even create your own Android distro, like > JesusFreke (et al) did, and put it out there to compete with others. > your changes might not be adopted into any of the official distros, > for very good reasons (security, in this particular case) but hey, on The current lock app doesn't recognize input from the home button, so using that as a reason to not allow any other lock apps is hypocrisy. Making it impossible to replace the screen lock app doesn't enhance security. Knowing Android engineers will purposely write code to break any discovered workarounds for the restrictions isn't enhancing security either. > sounds fairly damn open IMHO. Fairly open != open. > (your sound card driver might not make it into a major Linux distro > if it had issues. just checking something into a random Linux repo > somewhere does not guarantee acceptance.) Apples and oranges. -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
