Official statement from Google regarding the Cyanogen controvery
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Let's chill for a bit...
I know this whole situation is upsetting, but I don't see the urgency for everybody to run away so fast. Google has made their point, we have made ours. Lets figure out a way were we can keep up this great platform that's evolving at a fast pace. Microsoft made this same mess a while ago with their mobile platform, and even though things changed a bit, it never stopped. I can see new Roms developed everyday for Windows phones. I even see Roms with WM6.5, which Microsoft hasn't even released yet.
Lets all chill for a bit, enjoy what we have running in our devices for now, and wait it out a bit. Heck, the latest CM and Hero builds are way fast and good enough for daily use. Maybe Google will realize their move is a mistake, mainly because all Android phones come built-in with Google apps, so redistributing something that everybody has by default shouldn't break any copyrights or anything. As long as Rom devs keep releasing Roms that contain only apps that we currently obtain in the stock phones, we should be fine. If they don't change their minds, then we can always find alternatives.
One thing is for sure, keep spreading the word of what they did, so they feel the pressure. This has to make top news around the world. Maybe phone manufacturers will side a little in with us since most already have good money invested in Android phones.
I know this whole situation is upsetting, but I don't see the urgency for everybody to run away so fast. Google has made their point, we have made ours. Lets figure out a way were we can keep up this great platform that's evolving at a fast pace. Microsoft made this same mess a while ago with their mobile platform, and even though things changed a bit, it never stopped. I can see new Roms developed everyday for Windows phones. I even see Roms with WM6.5, which Microsoft hasn't even released yet.
Lets all chill for a bit, enjoy what we have running in our devices for now, and wait it out a bit. Heck, the latest CM and Hero builds are way fast and good enough for daily use. Maybe Google will realize their move is a mistake, mainly because all Android phones come built-in with Google apps, so redistributing something that everybody has by default shouldn't break any copyrights or anything. As long as Rom devs keep releasing Roms that contain only apps that we currently obtain in the stock phones, we should be fine. If they don't change their minds, then we can always find alternatives.
One thing is for sure, keep spreading the word of what they did, so they feel the pressure. This has to make top news around the world. Maybe phone manufacturers will side a little in with us since most already have good money invested in Android phones.
And besides, what about legal uses. Like torrents for Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, WOW, PS3, indie music artists, NIN. They all use torrents legally to pass on data without having to deal with building server farms or hosting fees.
/end rant
I was thinking this was because he was redistributing v1.6 sdk versions of these apps. Not b/c of the v1.5 sdk. Basically redistributing Donut versions instead of the already available Cupcake apps
Yeah, i know there are legal uses. It just seems much safer and user friendly to have an actual place to go, like xda, than to download something that may be harmful, even though the likelihood of getting something "brick-ifying" may be small.
man this is the most pathetic bull**** ever. wtf is the point of android: gotdamn open source if we cant play with it. maybe if ****ing google spent their time with all the damn geeks they have updating the sofware and all then we as a community wouldnt be forced to find it elsewhere. instead of updating the software, they want to be a ***** like apple n iphone and make a new phone dat does the same GOTDAMN BULL****. I MEAN COME ONNNN WTF GOOGLE, WTFFFFF???? I HOPE THE COMPANY BURNS IN ****ING ETERNAL INFERNO FOR THIS ****. a major thanks to cyanmod. u made this fone worth having and set it aside from every other touchscreen out there
you only get something brickifying if someone uploads it there. The Pirate Bay doesn't actually put malware on their website... -.-
Cyanogen....Thank you for everything you had done for the community. This is the unfortunate price for being too popular. I just have one question. Have any other devs gotten a C&D letter?
Everyone who is pissed obviously dont understand. Google is referring to their apps...those are not open source and dont want anyone unauthorized to distribute them. Simple. Cyan knows what they are saying everyone needs to chill out.
Everyone who is pissed obviously dont understand. Google is referring to their apps...those are not open source and dont want anyone unauthorized to distribute them. Simple. Cyan knows what they are saying everyone needs to chill out.
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In one of Cyanogens earlier posts he claimed the new market got leaked to him but it is untraceable.
no. hopefully never... and that's only the price to pay when doing something with what was one of the most brilliant companies in the world turn greedy. forgive me if i'm being ignorant
Anyone ever remember that show called Jericho? When it was cancelled, all of the fans sent peanuts to the stations headquarters. After receiving multiple tons of peanuts the show received a new season. I'll do it!
JAC and Haykuro got Hero leaks... HTC wasn't being dumb about it... i mean whoever has the Hero unrooted now will probably thank them and us for testing and providing feedback if only they knew right? but Google doesn't seem to like high-quality pre-release testing... that's the !@#$%&* best kind!
This is just what I was thinking. Is the rule here that you can't remove the closed source google parts off of the device, or off of the internal memory? Copying the google parts to the fat32 and then back after flashing would allow updates that dont contain the forbidden files.
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