[GTALUG] interesting new approach to forking

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 02:46:07PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> 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.

So of course at this point any sane person would know that Cyanogen is
not to be trusted at all.  Don't make any deal with them, because they
don't care about you at all.

I wonder if even Microsoft might start to regret getting involved
with them.

-- 
Len Sorensen