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Google Serves a Cease-and-Desist On Android Modder

Posted by kdawson on from the doubleplus-ungoogly dept.

Several readers sent in word that Google has served a Cease and Desist order to Cyanogen, one of the most prolific Android modders: his CyanogenMod is enjoyed by 30,000 users. The move is puzzling. Gizmodo wonders what Google's game is, and Lauren Weinstein calls the move "not of the high 'Googley' caliber" that one would expect of the company.

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  1. GPL Violation? by jonbryce · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought Android was supposed to be Free Software / Open Source Software?

    1. Re:GPL Violation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      That's like saying if you put a thousand liberals in front of a thousand computers for a thousand years, eventually one of them will make an intelligent post or make a political point without turning it into something racist (i.e., such as "blacks can't do it on their own." It just isn't going to happen. All you're going to get is a bunch of emo rants and whining.

  2. Of course it is! by Iowan41 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Think about Google FirewallofChina, GoogleObama, GoogleCensorship and other fine Google products.