Cory Streater
Well-known member
"Snake oil" implies fraud. What Joban has released -- regardless of whether it violated the GPL -- wasn't a fraud; it actually did something, unlike the "snake oil" preparations of the past.
Personally, I'm happy with any legitimate, GPL abiding contributions, regardless of who they come from.
GPL violations are non negotiable, and are strictly enforced via the forum rules. He was asked directly to release his kernel to the community, and defied that request. If you take the time to read his past threads, and posts, you would be hard pressed to find a single contribution from him in the past several months.
- On 2/25 he reported a post that included an upload to what he declared as being "his" kernel.
- After having explained to him our position on closed sourced releases, he again asked on 2/27 (in this thread) why "his kernel" had been posted without his permission.
- On 3/15 he declared that WiFi in his kernel had been fixed. He ignored several requests to release the .35 kernel so that you guys could build off it in an effort to solve the problem you were trying to solve.
- On 4/6 he made a sudden appearance to announce that he would release something in a week or two.
In the meantime, you have Donavan working his tail off, in your interest, trying to make some sort of progress.
And if you take the time to read this thread, you will see his attitude/position toward helping Donavan and the rest of you for that matter.
Then there was his announcement on 2/23 that he was leaving the AC community all together.
So, just to be clear:
- Joban, and all others who label themselves as developers are all held to the same standards. These standards are in place to provide legitimacy to AC's developer program, and are equally applied out of respect to those who have the integrity to abide by them. In fact, these standards are not unique to AndroidCentral.
- The openness of the Android OS is what differentiates it from closed source platforms such as iOS, WP, and other mobile platforms. Had he shared his kernel with the community, you might have been looking at working WiFi along time ago, let alone in the next 1-2 weeks.
- And as Jerry pointed out in post #64, in response to his declaring ownership of this kernel, "Posting it for distribution without the full, working source code is against not only the rules, but also against the law."
So, what may have looked like a dick move to you, was actually the result of hours of research, pragmatism, and a conclusion that he was not acting in the interest of your, nor the rest of the AC community. Not to mention a huge consumption of time I didn't have to spare.
Cory