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You have all that freedom with Android. You have the control over your device with Android. You don't have it on every device. But how is this Googles fault? A

by biafra 16y ago

You have all that freedom with Android. You have the control over your device with Android. You don't have it on every device. But how is this Googles fault? Android is so open it can be closed down by anyone. But there are Phones that are not closed down (ADP1, Nexus One) and hopefully there always will be. Just because customers choose to buy phones that are locked down does not mean that Android is less open.

wtallis 16y ago
If Google actually cared about Android being open, they would have used GPLv3, to ensure that it stays open. In reality, they simply couldn't negotiate with carriers as well as Apple, so they've chosen to re-frame their capitulation as "openness".
- biafra 16y ago
  Thats a philosophical question. Which is more open? GPLv3 or Apache/BSD license? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_and_GPL_licensing#Permissive_versus_Copyleft_opinions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_and_GPL_licensing#Permissiv...
  - calloc 16y ago
    Apache has more restrictions than the BSD license ... why are you grouping the two of them together?
    - biafra 16y ago
      Both are permissive.
- aphexairlines 16y ago
  Likewise, if Linus cared about Linux being open, he would have supported switching the kernel to AGPLv3.... Likewise, if the FSF cared about glibc being open, they would have switched the library to AGPLv3....