Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Sep 2009 19:37 UTC
Building custom ROM images for popular phones is a relatively common thing on the internet. There are a number of forums dedicated to hacking and creating custom Windows Mobile ROMs, and there's also a community of people working on custom Android ROMs. The latter community has been up in arms over the fact that Google has sent a cease and desist letter to one of the most popular ROM hackers.
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RE[2]: What's the problem
by unoengborg on Wed 30th Sep 2009 11:31
in reply to "RE: What's the problem"
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Come on, without Google Maps, Gmail and the google calendar, an android phone wouldn't be the same. There's no real need for the market, but the others are essential, at least to me.
Of course at least google maps can be installed 'aftermarket' or so I believe.
Of course at least google maps can be installed 'aftermarket' or so I believe.
IMHO, the google applications are not that good. For one thing I don't like to trust google with my personal information such as my contacts, my calendar events, or my e-mail, or to do lists. I want something with similar userinterface that stores data on my own servers. Google maps don't even give voice directions, wich makes it useless while driving.
So there would be a lot of things to improve if I evver find the time to write replacements.
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2005-07-06
Free and open source software would be nowhere without copyright law. The copyrigth law is what makes it possible for us, to ensure that our applications remains free and open. As free software developers we should respect that law even when it is not to our emediate advantage if we want to be taken seriously.
In this case, I have a hard time to see that google actually get hurt from this, but if they claim they do, this should be respected.
Frankly, these google applications are not all that good, and leave a lot of room for improvement. Given how much Cyanogen have improved the free parts of Android they could probably have made free alternatives that have blown the closed source google versions away. According to the article this is one of the alternatives the developers consider. When that happens, Google will look rather stupid.
Edited 2009-09-29 21:33 UTC