Nexus One hacking begins
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Good question...Can a open source software be hacked?
If you make the OS do things that Google would never approve due to the thread of being sued - probably yes...
Diogen.
I hear you but Goggle made it open source for this reason i though? Thus selling it fully unlocked and releasing new source code for people to use.
Google releases source code for Android 2.0 – Android and Me
Well, Multitouch is an Apple patent.
On a corporate level a company would think twice before going for it.
Hence, to incorporate the feature because the OS is open-sourced could be called hacking...
VLC player... Plays everything... Open sourced...
By many execs' admissions it is considered a minefield of patent violations.
And those will be activated as soon as a business entity deploys it...
Diogen.
On a corporate level a company would think twice before going for it.
Hence, to incorporate the feature because the OS is open-sourced could be called hacking...
VLC player... Plays everything... Open sourced...
By many execs' admissions it is considered a minefield of patent violations.
And those will be activated as soon as a business entity deploys it...
Diogen.
Whether it is hacking or not it sounds like youa re talking about using apple's IP. If that is the case that would be illegal regardless of whether you had to hack the phone or not.
I think the "crime" is limited to the word itself - multitouch.
With regard to claiming Apple invented the usage of more than one finger - it's not even funny...
Actually, Android has support for it on the OS level. It just wasn't enabled...
Have you ever used VLC? FFDShow? AC3Filter?
Until proven guilty you're innocent... You know the drill...
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/multitouch-nexus-one-browser/
Diogen.
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I think the "crime" is limited to the word itself - multitouch.
With regard to claiming Apple invented the usage of more than one finger - it's not even funny...
Actually, Android has support for it on the OS level. It just wasn't enabled...
Have you ever used VLC? FFDShow? AC3Filter?
Until proven guilty you're innocent... You know the drill...
Hack Brings Multitouch to Nexus One Browser | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Diogen.
you might want to reread my post in the context of waht it replied to. I never said that I bought apple's argument. What i was saying was that "hacking" was not what you should be worried about. What you should be worried about is apple trying to enforce their idea of what theft of IP is.
Well, everybody knows it's not a good idea to pi$$ off Apple legal department and they get pi$$ed off easily...
But that's no my worry, and never will be in the context of Nexus One.
For example, VLC plays MOV files (i.e. decodes its container) but was never the target of Apple "suits"...
"You might want to reread" what my posts were in regard to...
Diogen.
my original comment was not directed to your original post but to a point rasied by another poster.
but ta tthis point let's agree to disagree. i am sorry i commented on the other poter's point.
but ta tthis point let's agree to disagree. i am sorry i commented on the other poter's point.
Nexus One updated: multitouch enabled among other things
Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch (updated with video!) -- Engadget
Apple and Google are really at war...
Diogen.
Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch (updated with video!) -- Engadget
Apple and Google are really at war...
Diogen.
