Sep
24
2009
Cyanogen Gets a Cease and Desist from Google
By buzzdennis
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Cease and Desist on Cyanogen Mod
And so it begins. What started out as a great concept as an open source mobile platform in Android, it’s now apparent that things can quickly turn. Since the release of the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), hackers, modders and rom cookers have loved the device for it’s ease of hacks. While nowhere near as popular as the iPhone, the G1 has found a great deal of community support. All of that may change today. In a strange turn around from Google’s standard mantra of “Do no Evil,” a cease and desist has been sent to famed Android modder cyanogen to halt all development of modified Android Roms. What is the big G thinking?
