The CDD appears to apply mostly to device manufacturers. It (1) specifies minimum system requirements and (2) requires that modifications to the OS don't break the API 3rd party applications use.
For 1, Hobbyists are still free to port Android to random unsupported devices such as the HP Touchpad; companies just aren't free to market devices that fall below minimum system requirements as Android devices.
For 2, if the API is broken, applications from the Android market probably won't work properly anyway.
Both of these sound entirely reasonable. Have I missed something?
For 1, Hobbyists are still free to port Android to random unsupported devices such as the HP Touchpad; companies just aren't free to market devices that fall below minimum system requirements as Android devices.
For 2, if the API is broken, applications from the Android market probably won't work properly anyway.
Both of these sound entirely reasonable. Have I missed something?