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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 10 2013 @ 03:28 PM EDT |
Because it's lacking rather important information such as:
Is there a way
for me to acquire Google Apps for use with my Android device?
What are
the terms of this missing license mentioned in "devices that are
licensed"?
Just because I may have found a third-party site (or it may be
Google) does not preclude the other as existing. Both could exist with official
Google and third-party code available.
The ultimate question that was
raised, which I'm looking to answer with my research, is:
Does Google
prevent someone from accessing Google Apps who has not entered into this special
"vendor licensing" with Google that is claimed to exist?
Can I - an
end-user:
A: Download Android
B: Compile it for my device - whether
the vendor of said device has entered that special licensing with Google or
not
C: Legally acquire the base (via an FLOSS license/method - in other
words, I don't have to pay a dime for it) in order to run software that
interacts with Google Store
D: Legally acquire the base (ditto) in
order to run software that interacts with Google Maps
That's the ultimate
process I'm seeking to have answered. If the answer is:
Yes! You can build
a third party Android system that will interact with Google Store, download and
run apps from that Store and run other special Google Apps
then the
conclusion is either:
A: People are mislead as to what Google is preventing
and their blaming Google for the activities of those third-parties they've
chosen to trust over Google
or
B: People are deliberately spreading
FUD
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