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juiceme	2014-11-18 , 17:18
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Originally Posted by nodevel

Just a messenger That's why I cited the "source" - Reddit is not the most trustworthy source of information

Indeed.

Originally Posted by nodevel

Just a speculation: So if Amazon bought a license for Nokia brand name for its product, released a Nokia tablet and had it manufactured by Foxconn (or whatever manufacturer), Google would be completely fine with approving Play Services for such Nokia?

Yes, as long as it says "Nokia" or something else "not-Amazonish" on the device, and it otherwice conformed to the Google rules & specifications. (amended here by the last chapter in this mail below...)

Originally Posted by nodevel

Also, Nokia has previously released Nokia X which used a fork of AOSP which is an exact violation of Google's rules.

As it was already pointed out by @benny1967, that's MS and not Nokia.

Originally Posted by nodevel

I know they still can work something out, as Google certainly wouldn't mind a new brand on their side, but both Nokia and Foxconn have broken their rules.

There's no such things as "rules" here really, it is not like we are talking about the laws of some country!

Google (and any other businesses alike) are free to define their relationships to other businesses case by case. Even as it would seem to "violate" somebody's business. Remember, there's nothing here that matters except what gets written under the line at the end of the fiscal year.

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