Article Source eWeek
September 27, 2009, 9:59 pm
September 27, 2009, 9:59 pm
Google has created uproar among Android developers by calling out a so-called “modder” for creating a firmware modification known as CyanogenMod that bundles some of Google’s proprietary applications.
According to reports, Google has slapped a cease-and-desist order against the developer. “Google has reportedly filed a cease-and-desist order against one of the Android platform‚Äôs most prolific developers,” said a GigaOm report. “The developer, Steve Kondik, who‚Äôs known as Cyanogen, offers a free, after-market firmware product that bundles closed-source Google apps such as Gmail, Market, Talk and YouTube. CyanogenMod, as the app is dubbed, claims 30,000 users, many of whom appear to be hardcore Android fans…”
