Though this is only somewhat relevant.... I wonder if the act of it being open source -- could make some things illegal in the uk?
I believe I read somewhere that having applications/devices/programs that gives you the ability to change the IMEI number of a phone is illegal. Opposed to the US where it is only illegal to actually change this number... As for is it illegal to root your phone... I'd say it falls into fairuse -- but I'm no lawyer at all :) On Apr 3, 11:49 am, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct, they have control over Android Market and they can control > the visibility of protected apps. > But they cannot control ('cannot' meaning that they 'have no legal > right') whether the rooted-phone owner installs apps legally obtained > from other markets. > > On Apr 3, 10:25 am, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Streets Of Boston > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But in no way, i think, Google can prevent you from doing that. > > > Except indirectly by detecting you have a rooted phone and hiding > > protected apps from it (in the future). > > > Cheers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
