How to unbreak LTTng

Posted Apr 22, 2020 16:33 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: How to unbreak LTTng by Wol
Parent article: How to unbreak LTTng

> Google can easily stop that. There's nothing to prevent vendors doing it, but Google can just say "if you do that, you can't call it Android".

...And then those companies start complaining to their various national anti-trust bodies, and Google gets threatened with billion-dollar fines.

How to unbreak LTTng

Posted Apr 22, 2020 18:41 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Well, Google is just using Trademark Law in exactly the manner it was meant to be used. All those companies complaining won't get very far in any sane jurisdiction (yes, I know, since when can any country claim to have a sane jurisdiction ...)

Cheers,
Wol

How to unbreak LTTng

Posted Apr 22, 2020 20:26 UTC (Wed) by excors (subscriber, #95769) [Link] (2 responses)

Google already has a big list of "if you do that, you can't call it Android" requirements, including requirements on specific Linux kernel features: https://source.android.com/compatibility/android-cdd

(You can still freely use AOSP and ignore those requirements as long as you don't call it Android, and some large companies that compete with Google already do that, which makes it harder to argue that Google is being anti-competitive here.)

How to unbreak LTTng

Posted Apr 22, 2020 21:15 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

> which makes it harder to argue that Google is being anti-competitive here.

You forget that Google is obviously the only reason why $DomesticBusinessSector is not making lots of money, so any restrictions they impose upon folks using their stuff is clearly anticompetitive behavior that must be harshly punished.

(I'm not saying I agree with this, but many others do)

How to unbreak LTTng

Posted Apr 24, 2020 16:00 UTC (Fri) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

> You can still freely use AOSP and ignore those requirements as long as you don't call it Android, and some large companies that compete with Google already do that, which makes it harder to argue that Google is being anti-competitive here.)

True, however if you do not call it Android, you cannot ship the Google apps with it. So there are some real consequences.