First, applications that run on top of Android is not consider derivative works based on the SDK.
Notice: From this point what I'm writing here is neither official advice from Google, nor legal advice. It's just a personal opinion and I carry no weight in the balance. It's still up to you to figure out exactly what you want to do. As I understand, Google is worried about e.g. these possible situations: -a case where a rogue manufacturer ship a device with the current SDK image (that'd be bad for the image of Android, and would put Google in a delicate position with its alliance partners). -having people distribute modified (or unmodified) versions of the SDK (besides potential license issues with the partners, that would cause headaches in terms of support). -having people "manually" extract parts of the SDK and redistribute them individually or re-use them as part of their own projects (Android-related or not) (that would put Google in a delicate positions with it alliance partners). That list is not exhaustive, there are probably other situations that Google is worried about and would be unhappy about if they happened. My best guess, personally (and not an advice in any way, shape or form), is that Google isn't likely to cause you any trouble if you try to run the SDK on your development board. Similarly, if you disassembles a class in the SDK (especially if there's a good reason to believe that the class in question was written by Google and not one of the alliance partners) for the purpose of debugging you application, I don't expect that you'd get Google's lawyers knocking at your door. In case Google asks you do stop, just stop. Google is not evil, they just need to protect the image of Android, and they need to protect their partners' intellectual property. Just don't be stupid. JBQ 2008/3/30 patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dear: > Yes, it is included in the newer version of SDK, you > can check the "LICENSE". > > But what about this: > > > Except to the extent required by applicable third party licenses, you > may not copy (except for backup purposes), modify, adapt, > redistribute, > decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works > of the > SDK or any part of the SDK > > So many programmers are creating their "derivative > works" base on the SDK, do they break the terms as well? > > And one more thing, as I know that few parties have > ported the Android to the handset and/or embedded system, I am > wondering whether they got the licenses as well. > > It really confuses me, I think I will stop it for the > moment. > > > Patrick > > > On 3月30日, 上午10時38分, "Stone Mirror" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:05 PM, fantazio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > do you have an howto on how to port to MX31? > > > > Huh. > > > > I just noticed that, according to the terms and conditions of the SDK, > folks > > are barred from running Android on anything but a PC: > > > > 3.3 Except to the extent required by applicable third party licenses, you > > may not copy (except for backup purposes), modify, adapt, redistribute, > > decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or create derivative works of the > > SDK or any part of the SDK. Except to the extent required by applicable > > third party licenses, *you may not load any part of the SDK onto a mobile > > handset or any other hardware device except a personal computer*, combine > > any part of the SDK with other software, or distribute any software or > > device incorporating a part of the SDK. > > > > I wasn't aware of that. Did that clause come in with the newer version of > > the SDK...? > > > > -- > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
