Google denies access to Honeycomb source code
Google has shut down access to Android 3.0 Honeycomb's source code, saying it does not want developers using the code in unauthorized ways.
Google has shut down access to its Android 3.0 Honeycomb's source code, saying it did not want developers to use the code in unauthorized ways, The Next Web reported today.
Android's open source nature is often cited as a selling point when compared with other mobile operating systems such as Apple's iOS, TNW said, and the claim that the code could be used in unauthorized means "flies in the face of what open source stands for, where such uses of the code are meant to be encouraged".
The announcement follows the accidental discovery of Google's music marketplace set to rival iTunes, Google Music, by an XDA Developers forum member when they installed Honeycomb on their phone, TNW said.
NBR Staff
Fri, 25 Mar 2011
Fri, 25 Mar 2011
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Google denies access to Honeycomb source code
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