Google wants developer to stop bundling its mobile apps with modifed version of Android.
The creator of a popular souped-up version of Android thinks he’s found a way to avoid a further tussle with Google over distribution of the company’s mobile applications. Google recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to Android guru Steve Kondik asking him to stop distributing applications such as Gmail with Cyanogen, his modified version of the open-source Android operating system.
Cyanogen adds a load of enhancements and included Google’s mobile applications. But Google says its mobile apps are not open source and including them with Cyanogen violates Google’s copyright.
Kondik now says he thinks he’s found a workaround involving distributing Cyanogen without the mobile apps, but offering phone owners a way of re-installing them after they’ve installed the new Android OS.
Read more. https://www.networkworld.com/Android modder attempts to outmaneuver Google
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