> If the Android Market is a free market, why was a tethering > application pulled at the behest of TMobile for TMobile customers > only?
A free market does not necessarily mean a rule-free market. Generally speaking, the freedom of a market is a point on a continuum from "anarchy" to "authoritarian". The Android Market is further down the path to "anarchy" than is, say, the iPhone App Store. A tethering application, in the eyes of T-Mobile, "interferes with, disrupts, damages, or accesses in an unauthorized manner the devices, servers, networks, or other properties or services of any third party". In this case the "third party" is T-Mobile. The quoted passage is from the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement: http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html > Can carriers simply ask for any application to be removed from > the market? They can ask, and the burden of proof should be on them that such an application violates the above terms. If, for example, T-Mobile felt that farting applications were uncouth, they could ask Google to get rid of them from the Market. Unless farting applications are demonstrated to violate the above terms, I sincerely hope Google will tell T-Mobile to go pound sand. Only time will tell. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
