[Android General] galnet:
Dear XDA and XDA fans..!

I would like to open up the discussion of Galnet MIUI here on XDA, and hopefully get adult responses, instead of the normal we can't talk about Galnet here.

Over the last year XDA and Galnet have had a battle over what is right and what is wrong, and users of XDA being confused about why Galnet is not allowed to be talked about considering other MIUI released can be posted without any issue.

The true factors of the matter is that ALL SGS I9000 MIUI roms in general should be banned from XDA, as the base rom which was used to continue the development was one developed by Galnet (MIUI V4 1.12.19 Dated 19th December 2011). However I'm not worried about who uses my work, it's great to see I've allowed a development to grow and be used daily.

This was the turning point for MIUI v4 on the I9000, thus allow developers to work, repair and release better builds for the benefit of the end users to enjoy, the whole point to XDA..!

Then not forgetting our major break through with ICS which was printed on the XDA home page: http://www.xda-developers.com/developments/ice-cream-sandwich-ported-to-the-samsung-galaxy-s/ This brought light and hope into users that ICS could run on the I9000, and leap frogged the I9000 ICS development, something of which can't be denied..!

In reality I (GALNET), do not do this for money making, I do this as a hobby, and my means of collecting cash from people may have been untoward, however on being shown that this wasn't acceptable, I changed my thinking, and also redesigned the feel and look of our website in order to remove what seemed like a forced payment option, which was never meant to be..! I'm taking about the Groupies section of our site, this was removed and banned, all users were treated the same, and as you all know the roms came flying out the door weekly, without the need for any payment whatsoever...!!!! It was all funded with my cash, without quibbles.

I also used custom kernels as the believe was MIUI didn't release the source for the Kernels they were using (Breach of the GPL), however if any of the Moderation team took the time to check, every kernel MIUI used, excluding the MI-One was either a CM kernel or a stock kernel which obliged with the GPL rules. This is still true with MIUI Version 4.

At it's peek Mamboo, Currydude and Galnet MIUI was brining over 1,000 visitors an hour (Maybe more) on the XDA boards, it was the most active board on XDA, and was considered the best rom for the I9000 excluding CM7. The developments, rewrites and tweaks were taken and used by other developers to better their roms, same with help modifying the Kernels (Vorbeth) and source being made available, again never breaching the GPL rules.

I think it's time that the XDA management took a look at what Galnet (I) have done for the community and android development in a whole on the Samsung devices, and accept the fact that the past is in the past. I've moved on, and so has everyone else. No matter how hard you try to close a Galnet thread, another one appears (Not by me, nor do I ask users to post) as the users feel it should be shared.

I ask that all moderators think seriously about what I have done for the community, and forget the STUPID groupies arguments, is constantly closing a thread down, or blocking the word Galnet the mature thing to do?

I accept and apologise for anything that I have done, so can't XDA do the same?

My Two Cents,

Mathew.