I wonder actually what a court would say here and if "doesn't set a time limit" could mean "the source needs to be made available immediately". IANAL.
Not that the intent of a license can be enforced.
Someone just needs to be crazy enough to sue (and rich/lucky enough to win)
If they did that for years within hours and if we look at the tools available today, I would expect that "reasonable" equates to how they provided it prior: fast.
I was at the Data Power 2017 conference in Ottawa where I shared with people (who would become key Block Sidewalk organizers) the clues I had, that Google was about to bid on the as-yet-unknown land development opportunity, closing later that month.
I had previously been in collaboration with secure ROM developers hitting their first adversarial efforts to thwart use of Android for alt app markets. I know that Google's public story of Android openness (which drove people trusting them to build a city platform) was bullshit, and I made sure many many of the key activists and public servants knew it.
While I can't know exactly how my specific actions affected things, I would guarantee that Google's adversarial positions and failed stewardship have already contributed to them losing real opportunities.
Maybe a lawsuit would change things?
> They'll sell far fewer Pixels because of these overall changes.
They don't even sell Pixels internationally. Can't tell you how glad I am you're moving to Motorola. I'm really looking forward to having a Motorola GrapheneOS phone!!
2 questions:
- How hard is it for manufacturers to include the option Android/Graphene just like they have memory and storage options?
- Could this be a point where GrapheneOS disconnects from Android and become an independent OS?Edit:
> With One UI 8, Samsung removed the OEM-unlocking capability globally,
> Samsung uses a physical Knox Warranty Bit/e-fuse. Loading unofficial software can permanently trip it.
This seems far worse than google releasing source slowly
Which brand and model is currently best supported by GrapheneOS, if I want to buy an Android device to run GrapheneOS on?
So you'll have to wait for the mentioned Motorola Flagship
Which is not to say that I'm on Google's side, this is absolutely a dick move from them, and they wouldn't have done it 20 or even 10 years ago, but today's Google is definitely no longer the "don't be evil" company.
Not in the preferred form for modification expected by the build system and not in a reasonable amount of time. It's artificially delayed with no legitimate reason.
> And the number of people who buy new Pixels to immediately install GrapheneOS on them is (no offense) negligible
Nearly all of our current users bought a device specifically to install GrapheneOS. Our current userbase is around 500k and many of those are users had one or more earlier devices with GrapheneOS. Our userbase is rapidly growing. Look up how many Pixels are actually sold in a year. It's not negligible at all.
There are also many large companies wanting GrapheneOS devices with official support from the OEM.
Genuinely asking: are you a lawyer?
Sounds to me that going from "it works easily and rapidly" to this deserves a big big fine. That's the only thing they understand.