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Not the GP: Android is NOT open source in my world. It's a code drop. It's what Microsoft used to do, before they discovered GH. "You'll get what we did after t
by darklajid 10y ago
Not the GP: Android is NOT open source in my world. It's a code drop. It's what Microsoft used to do, before they discovered GH. "You'll get what we did after the fact".
Yes. AOSP is available as 'open source'. As a giant code drop, as far as I can tell. And the steering party for Android is .. that Ad company.
Even 'Nexus devices' aren't able to boot using AOSP last time I checked (Nexus 7, the ~newer~ version), so that is really bullshit. It looks like "Have fun with our current state, and really - nothing will work on your devices anyway because you need a ton of binary blobs matching our kernel".
Android is about as close to open source in my world as .Net was via 'the reference source' a couple years ago. "Source available" vs. "Open Source".
- 01Michael10 10y agoYes, Google adds closed source bits just like any other OEM does and the only difference is Google updates their sit better but we blame them. My point is AOSP being open source means any OEM could base an OS on it and be fully open sourced. I understand there is barriers to doing that like most mobile hardware is not open but that is NOT Google's fault.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoActually, no, most OEMs are forbidden to build an open source version of Android.
- Oletros 10y agoThis is not true