Hi:
Thx for your advices.
google always provides some fantastic works, i really appreciate
that.
i am current contacting google to see whether can get the third
party license so that i can continue my work.
Patrick
On Mar 30, 10:03 pm, "Jean-Baptiste Queru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
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