I think you may only be hearing one side of a pretty complex story. I guarantee you that Android kernel engineers did try to work with upstream during the last 3 years. They are just tired of egos/politics and have devices to ship instead.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Greg Donald <gdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why isn't Google playing nice with regards to the Linux Kernel Android > code? Greg KH says the Android code is stagnant and as a result got > removed recently: > > http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/android-kernel-problems.html > > I know for a fact Greg KH bends over backwards to help Linux Kernel > developers maintain their code, so hearing this news about the Android > drivers being removed is very troubling. Hearing about all the > hardware companies that now cannot get their own Android drivers into > the main kernel is the worst of it. Google seems fairly evil lately, > but everyone who should care (fellow Android developers, I'm looking > at you) seems to just want to put their hands over their ears and sing > "la la la la". > > Android is not being handled in the true spirit of open source, and > Greg KH's assessment of the situation is even more proof of that fact. > > > -- > Greg Donald > destiney.com | gregdonald.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
