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Originally Posted by jethro_static

I do not know how old U r and Until now U R still brewing stories that does not make sense and does not answer everything that I ask. U r still copying and pasting definitions which google released. U r not using ur common sense why this definitions are released. Those definitions are true. However there is a "catch". And that "catch is the one that U do not understand and does not want to accept and never answer.

Brewing Stories that make no sense? Copying and Pasting Definitions? Go back and re-read. There is one definition of open source, and it's not yours.

Open Source means developers have given access to software source code. Period. No conditions on that there. Read that definition EVERYWHERE.

YOU CAN GET THE ANDROID SOURCE CODE. It is posted on the net.

You can also get new Android source code. It is why folks like Cyanogen can take Cupcake Source Code, integrate it into ROMs for existing devices (G1) and release them before their official releases.

It is open source so they can modify very specific parts of the ROM. They can choose to bring over JUST the bluetooth stack and nothing else.

Kill switch is not in the Android market. It is on the OS. Nobody knows that it exist until somebody discovered it. Remote kill switch. Do U understand what remote kill switch means? It is already defined by the name. remote kill switch!

Kill switch is the name given by the media. Understand that first.

Next, the Android Market was launched in Oct of 2008. The first Android Phone was launched in Oct of 2008. The Terms Of Service for using the Market (included Google's ability to remotely remove software) was available before Launch Date.

Google was up front about it, they didn't attempt to hide it like Apple.

Now that being said, it is ToS for THE MARKET. Not the entire phone. It is meant to keep the Market clean. For your reading enjoyment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/10/android-market/ (read this one thoroughly)
http://www.crn.com/software/21120174...RSKHWATMY32JVN

Cyanogen is in trouble bcoz he is distributing google called closed software. Do not brew a story he had an access to any unreleased software.

Read this: http://androidandme.com/2009/09/news...d-controversy/

The C&D that Google sent to cyanogen was spawned by Google’s legal team, and lacks the support of the Android developers (who think it’s in VERY poor taste), likely spawned by the fact that he included a copy of the new 1.6 marketplace which had not been released anywhere else. He’s had at least 1 phone call with Google, and is working to open a dialog with them about the issue. They’re so far well with in their legal rights to do what they did, and he’s trying to open a dialog to allow him to continue. At this point, he thinks they’re acting in good faith, and is trying to keep this as quiet as possible to avoid any negative PR, so long as they’re acting in good faith.

Here is picture proof: http://www.androidcentral.com/new-an...h-cyanogen-rom

Unreleased software

So can U do anything U want with Android? Any Mod U want?

And few p[ages back, U keep on saying that Google does not have anything to do with Android anymore. Didn't U?

You absolutely can do any mod you want to Android, as long as you aren't messing with the closed source pieces. You want to port over Cupcake functionality to 1.1, go for it. Hey that is exactly what Cyanogen did.

I didn't say Google doesn't have anything to do with it, I said they are a part of the open handset alliance that develops Android. It is opensource, they pool their efforts and resources together to develop it. It is not a unilaterally controlled boat. Perhaps I understated their lead.

Back on target, CyanogenMod is back on track again, minus those apps. Like I said.