On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 21:56 +0100, Juergen Schinker wrote: > > > > rms wrote: > >>> Android is under the APL2, which has even less restriction than the GPL, > >> Only on a superficial level can that be true. It has less restrictions > >> than the > >> GPL because the later tries to make sure everyone has all the essencial > >> freedoms. > >> > >> APL2 (and similar licenses) mean that somewhere along the line YOU may not > >> have > >> a Free Software phone on your hands, just another proprietary piece of > >> crap. > >> > > > > > Please read the Criticism on wikipedia about android > > and than this > > http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/02/an-introduction-to-google-android-for-developers.ars This article makes android looks fine but I have several briefs and questions against android:
About android hardware: *Can the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) developer version run without its proprietary ATI 3d driver...I bet it can? *Can the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) developer version be fully modified in order to run an OS like the openmoko one? (maybe I could try if I buy an android...I know my way around openembedded(I've commit access) ) but I've already an openmoko and a bug device from buglabs. About the android port of the openmoko: I heard There were several limitations such as: *all hardware not fully functional yet (wifi,calls,suspend etc...): http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Android_usage *has problem with booting: you need SD+flash in order to run android maybe using a distro on sd and android on flash+another SD could do the trick? About the android OS: *Is the SDK free(as in freedom) software...I bet it isn't but I could be wrong...this could stop me from trying the android OS *it could be difficult to run applications depending on glibc...I didn't test bionic(android libc) compatibility...in openembedded we also have others libc...such as uclibc *I don't know android build system...maybe porting the android OS to openembedded could be a good idea... Denis. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community