Do you even know what a C&D is? It is a letter that google's lawyers wrote to cyanogen asking him politely to stop distributing their closed source apps. It is not a court order! It is just a letter asking for compliance. They have NOT taken legal action against anyone.
How would YOU start if not by writing a letter to ask? Telepathy? On Sep 25, 10:25 pm, PaulR <[email protected]> wrote: > No good can come from this. Was it really necessary to go to a C&D > letter as a first move? I thought it was Apple that treated its users > with contempt and didn't communicate with them. Talk to the guy, > hammer out some sort of agreement that would allow him to distribute > the apps or at worst keep doing what he is but with a caveat against > including the apps and encouraging users to download them from the > Market. > > I can't fully see Google's point of view on this. I can appreciate > they want to protect their property and rights but as far as I'm > aware, no current developer of custom ROMs attempts to charge for > their work nor do they try to claim the apps as their work. They're > included because it's an expected part of the Android experience and > in some cases (Google Mail, YouTube) aren't available as a download > via the Market. > > If it's purely these apps then say so. I dare say that many people > would be unhappy but if they can obtain them legally from Google it's > just a slight inconvenience rather than a road block. If it's a lot > of background stuff too such as the ability to sign in to sync with > Google services and the Market app itself then it's effectively > killing the modding scene and all the work it's done. > > I really, really hope it isn't that and is about the main apps because > I doubt I'm the only one that would seriously consider dropping > Android as soon as my contract ends. I got my G1 for the integration > with online stuff, the ability to customise and mod it but I couldn't > do it without the help of the many developers. I don't care how hard > it is or what needs to be done, Google you need to find a way to > resolve this that won't kill the modding scene and seriously tarnish > your reputation. Do no harm? This is a case of do MOST harm because > it will kill a huge portion of the hard work done for free to help > improve Android by enthusiast developers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
