Your honeycomb analogy is not a valid one, HoneyComb kernel source WAS released, google said no to Honeycomb APACHE licensed parts, and that was within their rights. Apache does not require the source to be distributed.
It was not available upon original request, original requests results with a no posted to his blog. I can certainly say he said no, does not matter where he put his reply. You can not deny he said no.
I am unaware of what happened on XDA, I was unaware he posted on XDA. I am unable to follow every thread or post.
What boils down to, he violated the GPL, it took a community effort to get it corrected. He is being erroneously defended by people who do not understand, or who simply won't admit that he/they were incorrect in actions.
fyi
The source still does not compile with that toolchain you recommended, I will resync later tonight, possible that is an error on my end.
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He may have said no earlier, i cant find any record of that on ppcgeeks (just like google is saying with Honeycomb source because its shit right now)
But the source was made available. As per GPL it was available upon request as soon as his Git server was up.
You came here, the source was asked for and it had not even been replied to yet.
Can't say he said no here.
What ever happened on XDA happened there the kernels are no longer on XDA so any conversations or transactions between user on XDA is not here obviously.
What ever he posted on his blog and decided to remove after it was no longer valid is also not here. All these things Did not happen here.
You asked for the source, He didn't have the time to reply I went out of my way to get it done for you.
So thats what it boils down to.
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