[Ilugc] open mobile
- From: sudharsh@xxxxxxxxx (Sudharshan S)
- Date: Sat Nov 10 13:06:17 2007
On Nov 9, 2007 9:30 PM, srikrishna das <srikrishna_innovations@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey,
Looks good.
Inspired from Openmoko?
Hope the android SDK is made available Free (of Cost)
I wouldnt say inspired since rumours of something from google have
been floating around for a long time. It would be interesting since it
will feature Java extensively in its stack. Infact there was even a
rumour that gphone will have openmoko for its software part. Which of
course turned out to be false, since android is a software platform
which other manufacturers can use in their devices, much like
openmoko. Another thing is the apache license associated with it (whch
is GPL2.0 incompatible?). IMO, some GPL compatible license would have
been wonderful which would have provided smooth sharing of code
between the "linux phone platforms", openmoko, moblin et all.
I am also wondering about the degree of openness of the devices
running android, it would be quite cool if you could hack around and
make them run openmoko or moblin.
All in all fun times ahead,
Regards
Sudharshan S
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