Seems like it should be a little broader, something like "to develop and test applications or to provide support for Android devices". That would also preclude piracy (which is illegal anyway so no reason to put it in a license) and other inappropriate uses of the Emulator, but leave it open to the legitimate uses that I mentioned.
Unless they're just trying to drive hardware sales (which they shouldn't care about much anyway), I don't see why it's so stringent. On Dec 2, 7:22 am, PeeDee <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't "solely to develop applications to run on the Android > platform" mean just that? Its not talking about devices but the > platform itself. > > Pd. > > On 01/12/09 22:49, JohnJohnD wrote: > > > > > I noticed that the SDK License section 3.1 says this, "Subject to the > > terms of this License Agreement, Google grants you a limited, > > worldwide, royalty-free, non- assignable and non-exclusive license to > > use the SDK solely to develop applications to run on the Android > > platform." > > > That would seem to preclude the use of the emulator for people like > > testers that may not have an actual Android device, but are willing to > > test software, or for tech support people to test, setup and work out > > configurations on easily re-staged virtual devices, without tying up > > their users' actual Android mobile devices. > > > This restriction of the license doesn't seem to be well known. What > > is Google's purpose in putting in such a stringent condition on the > > use of the SDK (mainly the emulator)? > > > -- > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
