so let's talk about roms and theming...

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This may sound odd.. but it popped up in my head while driving home.

I have been messing around a lot lately with theming, and also playing with the UOT Kitchen... This got me thinking for us less "able" members here..

Is it ethically okay to use someone elses rom (Ie- CM7) as a baseband... and theme it to your liking? then add in the app's you like and whatever you might like in the package and upload it as a different "rom"?

Thanks, and sorry for the odd question

There's a specific post approaching this issue, see

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1317929

PS: If you want to theme CM7, the best way to do so is with a theme chooser theme No need to re-release roms or anything, just post your theme apk for people to download.

Originally Posted by ssmr2t

This may sound odd.. but it popped up in my head while driving home.

I have been messing around a lot lately with theming, and also playing with the UOT Kitchen... This got me thinking for us less "able" members here..

Is it ethically okay to use someone elses rom (Ie- CM7) as a baseband... and theme it to your liking? then add in the app's you like and whatever you might like in the package and upload it as a different "rom"?

Thanks, and sorry for the odd question

as long as you quote your sources (let everyone know that you used CM7 as a base, and who created all the apps you put in there, etc. etc.) then it's perfectly fine. just be sure to quote every single source you used.

also, don't make it the habit of just releasing themed versions of CM7 or the dev forum will get full of the same ROM with a different look. i'm pretty sure that's the whole reason CM7 comes with a theme engine that makes theming it super easy.

but on the note of your question, just be sure to give credit where credit is due and no one should have a problem with it.

Wow- That stinks... Wish I would have realized that thread pertained to my question.. Sorry about that.

& regarding my theme- It's such a half assed bork job that I'd be embarrassed to post it... Let me do a couple more run's and I hope to have something nice brewed up for you guys

Thank you, and sorry again.

Also- I wasent really thinking to use CM7 Specifically.. I was just using it as an example.

damn, theming is fun! It's a lot of redundant stuff... but fun!