[GTALUG] interesting new approach to forking

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Russell Reiter <rreiter91 at gmail.com>

| This looks like a false flag operation to me. Skull vs. Bones.

It's really hard to tell what's going on in Cyanogen Inc.'s "mind".
They sure don't seem to be free-software types from their talk or
actions.

Here's a summary from a comment posted to the article
<http://www.androidauthority.com/cyanogen-google-kirt-mcmaster-582373/>

How can you sign an exclusive deal with free software?

    The gist of it is that OnePlus was supposed to launch the One in India
    with CyanogenMod as usual, but Cyanogen left OnePlus out in the cold
    by signing an exclusive agreement with Micromax from India. The
    agreement states that Cyanogen is to exclusively support the latter's
    upcoming online brand Yu -- a direct competitor of OnePlus -- in
    India.

    The big problem is that Cyanogen apparently knew fully well that
    OnePlus was going to expand to India and decided to sign the agreement
    with Micromax anyway, backstabbing the brand that had helped them so
    far. According to OnePlus's co founder Carl Pei, OnePlus "can't
    explain Cyanogen's decision because we don't fully understand it
    ourselves,". Keep in mind that during this time OnePlus was swamped
    with things like their deal with Amazon India, their Black Friday sale
    and the opening of their store in Beijing.

    This forced the already busy OnePlus to start developing their own ROM
    based on Android Lollipop. This could've ended right there, but
    Cyanogen's founder Steve Kondik took to Google+ and accused OnePlus of
    stealing features from CyanogenMod for their own ROM. This act was the
    solidifying act that will probably end their relationship not too long
    from now. For now, all international units are still supported by
    Cyanogen, but Pei has hinted that they may no longer continue updating
    the phone in a year.

    TL;DR - OnePlus wanted to release the One in India, Cyanogen
    backstabbed them by signing an exclusive deal with Micromax, OnePlus
    got frustrated and decided to make their own ROM, Cyanogen accused
    them of stealing from Cyanogen and their relationship is now very
    rocky.