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2008-07-07
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Its not even OSS yet, so why are you so surprised 
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2008-07-07
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Originally Posted by siancu
Probably when the full source code will be released, there won't be any legal issues with running it on the tablets. GPL and Apache both allow you to do this.
Yeah, this is what I think he meant about source being available - at least from the Google side. I think he was also implying that Nokia needed to open up more of the closed stuff on the base Debian level (wifi driver for example) to make it simpler to integrate. From my point of view, I'm guessing that can be worked around.... else Android would not be running at all.
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2008-07-07
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Originally Posted by benny1967
"-finally, the current SDK license explicitly disallows using code on any actual device. redistribution isn't allowed to."
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OMG... I didn't even know this. They're really building up a reputation.
They just want to control the platform until it is released. At the moment, forking it, or even selling devices running it, would be a real disaster in both marketing and brand continuity for Google, so they've purpously made that impossible.
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2008-07-07
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Originally Posted by memson
Well, that makes a lot of sense. So no surprises here.
They just want to control the platform until it is released. At the moment, forking it, or even selling devices running it, would be a real disaster in both marketing and brand continuity for Google, so they've purpously made that impossible.
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2008-07-07
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Originally Posted by benny1967
It's not even close to ready yet, they don't want people presuming anything about what hardware it will run on or the performance of that system. It's a very reasonable restriction at this point in development. I would only be mad at google if they don't follow through on licensing in 6 months when there is a shipping product.
"-finally, the current SDK license explicitly disallows using code on any actual device. redistribution isn't allowed to."
???
OMG... I didn't even know this. They're really building up a reputation.
That said, I was really surprised to see how well it ran even in this very early incarnation and can't wait to see it kick some butt once it's released.
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OMG... I didn't even know this. They're really building up a reputation.