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While 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 li
by scholia 11y ago
While 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 ;-)