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> all the Amazon Fire products are Android based They are based on AOSP, but Amazon is expressly forbidden from using the Android name, and it can't use the Pl
by scholia 11y ago
> all the Amazon Fire products are Android based
They are based on AOSP, but Amazon is expressly forbidden from using the Android name, and it can't use the Play store, so it's not really in the Android (TM) market.
- wnevets 11y ago>but Amazon is expressly forbidden from using the Android name source?
- scholia 11y agoWhile the documentation itself is available to you under the Apache 2.0 license, note that proprietary trademarks and brand features are not included in that license. Google's trademarks and other brand features (including the Android stylized typeface logo) are not included in the license. https://source.android.com/license.html https://source.android.com/license.html Android is a proprietary trademark wholly owned by Google. See also: Leverage over manufacturers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29#Leverage_over_manufacturers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29...
- wnevets 11y agomaybe I'm dumb but I'm missing the part where Android is a proprietary trademark.
- cdibona 11y agoThe term Android is not trademarked. Even the bugdroid is released under a cc-attrib license. Funnily, the term 'droid' is trademarked and licensed by lucasfilm/disney mostly.
- wnevets 11y agoI remember that being a thing when the droid phone was first launched.
- scholia 11y ago> The term Android is not trademarked. Google quote: "Android™ should have a trademark symbol the first time it appears in a creative." Brand Guidelines http://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/brand.html http://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/brand.... Yes, I do know who you are -- in fact, we have met -- but Google should not be using Android™ if it's not trademarked ;-)