HTC Cracking Down on ROM Community?

There’s an uncomfortable balancing act of tolerance between the manufacturers of Androids and the developers engaged in the custom ROM community. While the work of the latter can infringe on the copyrights of the former, in the end the development scene encourages users to buy the manufacturer’s hardware, and so long as users aren’t bricking handsets and going crying for warranty service, the two sides have generally been able to live with each other. HTC looks like it might be rethinking just how permissive it wants to be, upon having its lawyers shut down HTCRUU.com. ...

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