Google Delaying Honeycomb Source Code

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According to BusinessWeek, Google says it will delay distribution of Honeycomb source code, at least for the "foreseeable future." Instead of quoting text from the article, how about another look at that Honeycomb video we posted back in January.
 
so whats the limitations on complying with the open source rules? how long can they sit on the source code?
 
Not worth the wait, while Google are some cool guys in many ways they are also a bunch of bastards when it comes to API's and the like, they enslave programmers, what is possible in one revision may be rendered useless in the next, forcing you to update the software you wrote, because your app wont work if people update their computers, so your users contact you and demand update, for something that Google broke, forcing you to spend hours/days/weeks fixing what they broke.

I tried it :( thankfully the software (one click Google Earth to CryEngine) was never released, still sitting here on my harddrive :p
 
nobody_here said:
so whats the limitations on complying with the open source rules? how long can they sit on the source code?
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Technically they could sit on it forever unless somebody raises a huge stink and lawyers get involved. They aren't the only ones that do it though.

HTC is also currently in violation of GPLv2 because they haven't released the source code for the HTC Thunderbolt kernel.
 
http://mashable.com/2011/03/24/honeycomb-androidocalypse/

Also, for developers, the Honeycomb SDK is still freely available for developing Android tablet apps. And the source code for Honeycomb is still available; it just isn’t publicly posted on the web for anyone to download.

Anyone in the Open Handset Alliance can get the source code for Android 3.0. And any person working with Android tablets can contact Google directly, sign a licensing agreement (no fees required), and get the source code that way, as well.
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nobody_here said:
so whats the limitations on complying with the open source rules? how long can they sit on the source code?
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The requirements were already met when the SDK came out - all the GPL stuff in Android is already released. Unfortunately, most of Android isn't GPL but Apache, which doesn't have the restrictions GPL does. They could legally have never released most of the Android source code.

MindBuster said:
Not worth the wait, while Google are some cool guys in many ways they are also a bunch of bastards when it comes to API's and the like, they enslave programmers, what is possible in one revision may be rendered useless in the next, forcing you to update the software you wrote, because your app wont work if people update their computers, so your users contact you and demand update, for something that Google broke, forcing you to spend hours/days/weeks fixing what they broke.

I tried it :( thankfully the software (one click Google Earth to CryEngine) was never released, still sitting here on my harddrive :p
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Uh, not sure what you are referring to, but Android actually has placed requirements on itself in regards to backwards compatibility and the like. Now, if you are using private APIs that's your own damn fault, but if you are using public ones then things won't break from one version to a newer one.
 
Well, clearly Google just agrees with the Xoom reviews when they say Honeycomb just isn't finished yet. It's unfortunate, but at least they're being honest when they say they had to cut corners to get it out the door in time for the deadline (they didn't say what the deadline was, but we all know it was being able to come out a few weeks before the iPad 2), but they plan to get it fully finished in a few months at least.
 
Well I believe Samsung still hasn't released the source for the Fascinate I have but that hasn't stopped xda development.
 
Google doesnt get what open source means. They think it just means releasing the source code, which is a big part of it and certainly they deserve credit for it, but the biggest thing is supposed to be incremental upgrade with full transparancy and community addition, something Google laughs at.
 
Cali3350 said:
Google doesnt get what open source means. They think it just means releasing the source code, which is a big part of it and certainly they deserve credit for it, but the biggest thing is supposed to be incremental upgrade with full transparancy and community addition, something Google laughs at.
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No, that is just what people wish it was. The biggest thing is that they release the source, which they usually do. Open development is just nice to have, it is not a requirement at all to be an open source project. Also, the community can submit patches and google does take them, but 99% of the time the community is useless anyway (which is true for almost all successful open source projects).

Henchman24 said:
Because Moto is so good at hitting update targets for devices they release prematurely.
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Motorola just makes the Xoom hardware, the image (and updates) are coming straight from Google. The Xoom is a nexus device in all but name, just like the original Droid (compare the Droid to the milestone, for example)
 
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