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Can someone please upload the Ouya Android OS?

MagicGameStoreMagicGameStore Posts: 21Member
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Hello. I'd like to tweak and explore the ouya tweaked jelly bean from my computer. If any of you know how to upload it to the internet, please do. I'd appreciate it a lot.
And yes, I know they'll most likely change it later and all that.

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  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Posts: 768Member
    You need to download the ODK, that's where you'll find the APK's.
  • BalbiBalbi Posts: 198Member
    I think he means he wants someone to dump the OUYA rom from the dev kit itself.
    Lead Developer of Leroux
  • MagicGameStoreMagicGameStore Posts: 21Member
    No. Those are the dev tools.. I mean the OS (operating system).
  • HicsyHicsy Posts: 177Member
    in time, good sir...
    Can't find aapt.exe? Temp fix: Copy another one from 'android_sdk/build-tools/17.0.0' back to your 'platform-tools'
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  • alsuttonalsutton Posts: 69Member, Team OUYA
    Redistribution of an OS image from the OUYA is not permitted without the written consent of OUYA Inc.
    Al Sutton
    Android Specialist
    OUYA
  • BalbiBalbi Posts: 198Member
    alsutton said:

    Redistribution of an OS image from the OUYA is not permitted without the written consent of OUYA Inc.

    Good to know :)
    Lead Developer of Leroux
  • bennygoldbennygold Posts: 18Member
    aww I would like to emulate it on my PC the same as I am emulating 4.2 currently for dev work.
  • alsuttonalsutton Posts: 69Member, Team OUYA
    You can use the Android emulator and the framework and launcher apks from the ODK to emulate enough to develop against. The OS image contains software from third parties which has a license that does not allow end user redistribution by end users and developers.
    Al Sutton
    Android Specialist
    OUYA
  • GhostGamesGhostGames Posts: 1Member
    I thought I remembered seeing a point of sale being that the Ouya can be hacked, modded, changed, etc...
    If so, changing back to defaults would require the Ouya rom. Unless it has a built in rom that you can access that has the defaults stored on it already.
  • pixjuegospixjuegos Posts: 73Member
    alsutton: Will you, Team OUYA, publish the firmwares on the website?
    If you don't someone will surely do a backup and publish it, even if it is against the license
  • bennygoldbennygold Posts: 18Member
    edited January 2013
    I agree pixjuegos, if its going to be released by anyone it would be nice to be from team OUYA themselves. We will have to wait and see it seems...
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  • HicsyHicsy Posts: 177Member
    I dare say that you could trick Cyanogenmod to push it to you once their first OTA is out?
    Can't find aapt.exe? Temp fix: Copy another one from 'android_sdk/build-tools/17.0.0' back to your 'platform-tools'
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  • bluecollarartbluecollarart Posts: 75Member
    Distribution is a funny thing. It sounds like they should be able to distribute firmware for the OUYA that wouldn't include the third-party software itself, but, once you get the firmware on your OUYA, it would download the third-party pieces directly from authorized sources. Other projects operate that way.
  • arcticdogarcticdog Posts: 235Member
    edited January 2013
    bluecollarart said:
    Distribution is a funny thing. It sounds like they should be able to distribute firmware for the OUYA that wouldn't include the third-party software itself, but, once you get the firmware on your OUYA, it would download the third-party pieces directly from authorized sources. Other projects operate that way.
    Right you are.  Most "free" plug-ins and frameworks (such as AIR and Mono) are free only to end users individually and/or for personal use.  OEMs and commercial developers routinely need a distribution license in order to package them in a built-in fashion, and that's typically not free. 
    Post edited by arcticdog on
  • koyingkoying Posts: 44Member
    As someone else said, one of the selling point of the OUYA is that it is open-source.
    Now, some stuff could be proprietary (nvidia drivers for ex.) but I expect at least the kernel sources to be readily available.
    Doing otherwise, whatever the promises, is a violation of GPL.
  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    koying said:
    Doing otherwise, whatever the promises, is a violation of GPL.
    Yay. Let's bring the licensing experts in, because we're all experts on licenses, right?

    You should also re-read the OUYA Kickstarter page.  They never said "it will be open source".  They said "open".  Big difference.
  • arcticdogarcticdog Posts: 235Member
    edited February 2013
    Agreed.  Also, I believe Android is licensed under the Apache license, so even if a violation of GPL were to have occurred, it wouldn't be relevant here.

    .
    Post edited by arcticdog on
  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member

    arcticdog said:
    Agreed.  Also, I believe Android is licensed under the Apache license, so even if a violation of GPL were to have occurred, it wouldn't be relevant here.

    .
    Correct.  Android is under the Apache license.  The kernel is under GPL, and Google already provide source for the Tegra kernel.  Have OUYA modified the Tegra kernel?  No idea.  If not, then Google's source provision is enough for GPL.
  • koyingkoying Posts: 44Member
    KonajuGames said:

    arcticdog said:
    Agreed.  Also, I believe Android is licensed under the Apache license, so even if a violation of GPL were to have occurred, it wouldn't be relevant here.

    .
    Correct.  Android is under the Apache license.
    Right. My mistake.
    KonajuGames said:
    The kernel is under GPL, and Google already provide source for the Tegra kernel.  Have OUYA modified the Tegra kernel?  No idea.  If not, then Google's source provision is enough for GPL.
    Mmm... Google providing kernel sources for Nvidia Tegra? I highly doubt it.
    Might be that Nvidia pushed their modifications to the kernel, though. Do you have a link?
  • KonajuGamesKonajuGames Posts: 560Member
    koying said:
    Mmm... Google providing kernel sources for Nvidia Tegra? I highly doubt it.
    Might be that Nvidia pushed their modifications to the kernel, though. Do you have a link?
    http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html
  • koyingkoying Posts: 44Member
    Indeed. My mistake again ;)
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