Comments on: Android ideas get cash from Google http://strivepr.com/2008/09/08/android-ideas-get-cash-from-google/ experts in digital PR and social media Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Sometimes you just need hard copy | Strive Notes http://strivepr.com/2008/09/08/android-ideas-get-cash-from-google/comment-page-1/#comment-17765 Sometimes you just need hard copy | Strive Notes Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:46:34 +0000 http://strivepr.com/?p=829#comment-17765 [...] Android ideas get cash from Google [...] [...] Android ideas get cash from Google [...]

]]> By: Nathan Pledger http://strivepr.com/2008/09/08/android-ideas-get-cash-from-google/comment-page-1/#comment-17764 Nathan Pledger Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:21:53 +0000 http://strivepr.com/?p=829#comment-17764 No problem, Sherrilynne. I'm not pointing out errors, I'm just pointing out the aspects of Google that aren't as visible. They are as much a corporation as Microsoft, so are naturally inclined to eeevvviillll!!! No problem, Sherrilynne. I’m not pointing out errors, I’m just pointing out the aspects of Google that aren’t as visible. They are as much a corporation as Microsoft, so are naturally inclined to eeevvviillll!!!

]]> By: Sherrilynne Starkie http://strivepr.com/2008/09/08/android-ideas-get-cash-from-google/comment-page-1/#comment-17763 Sherrilynne Starkie Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:51:13 +0000 http://strivepr.com/?p=829#comment-17763 Nathan, I've never been one for fine print. Thanks for setting the record straight. Nathan, I’ve never been one for fine print. Thanks for setting the record straight.

]]> By: Nathan Pledger http://strivepr.com/2008/09/08/android-ideas-get-cash-from-google/comment-page-1/#comment-17760 Nathan Pledger Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:58:03 +0000 http://strivepr.com/?p=829#comment-17760 As always, I dedicate myself to raining on Google's parade and trying to help people see through the gloss. Android is not fully open source, portions of the lower-levels of the software are proprietary. Also, the ol' IP gotcha is in evidence here as much as t is in Google Docs and (until recently) Google Chrome: "3.2 You agree that Google (or Google's licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the SDK, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the SDK. Use, reproduction and distribution of components of the SDK licensed under an open source software license are governed solely by the terms of that open source software license and not by this License Agreement. Until the SDK is released under an open source license, you may not extract the source code or create a derivative work of the SDK." Finally, while it is billed as Java, it is in name only. Even a minimal Java implementation is not supported, reducing the whole platform portability that Java is designed for. http://robilad.livejournal.com/22312.html As always, I dedicate myself to raining on Google’s parade and trying to help people see through the gloss.

Android is not fully open source, portions of the lower-levels of the software are proprietary.

Also, the ol’ IP gotcha is in evidence here as much as t is in Google Docs and (until recently) Google Chrome:

“3.2 You agree that Google (or Google’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the SDK, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the SDK. Use, reproduction and distribution of components of the SDK licensed under an open source software license are governed solely by the terms of that open source software license and not by this License Agreement. Until the SDK is released under an open source license, you may not extract the source code or create a derivative work of the SDK.”

Finally, while it is billed as Java, it is in name only. Even a minimal Java implementation is not supported, reducing the whole platform portability that Java is designed for.

http://robilad.livejournal.com/22312.html

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