Is there any one from Google who can answer why they aren't releasing the code?
Ze On Mar 28, 5:55 pm, "Stone Mirror" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Carlo Brualdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote > > > > > That wasn't a justification, I don't work for Google :) > > That I said is only the reality. As Google say. I agree with you, but > > the facts are these. And maybe there's a reason, or there's not. I > > don't know! > > > On Mar 28, 4:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am not satisfied with your justification; even if it isn't mature > > > its source must be released. So that the open source community can > > > enhance it more. > > You're correct that Google is approaching this in a completely inverted > fashion relative to any real open source project. > > Android isn't open source; it's "going-to-be-open-someday" source. Google > has only published the portions whose licensing requirements demanded that > they do, and there's no community around the Android platform itself, other > than within the Googleplex. > > This posting at Livejournal <http://robilad.livejournal.com/22312.html>, > which also gets into some interesting aspects of the terms and conditions > (which are between you and Google, and not with the "Open Handset Alliance") > points out that Google will release some unspecified "most of" the Android > source under the Apache license, but not until phones ship, "the second half > of 2008" according to Google. Samsung, a pretty aggressive company, doesn't > expect that *their *Android phone will be out before 2009, however. > > It's unclear what this "most of" amounts to. So, no one knows whether it'll, > for instance, include Dalvik or not, or Surface Manager or not. All we know > is that, so far, Google's only released what they had to, and hasn't > actually engaged with the open source community on this "open source" > project in any discernible way. Maybe Dan Morill, or someone like him, would > liketo try to clarify this. > > -- > 鏡石 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Internals" 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-internals?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
