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What licenses are used in Android beside the kernel's GPLv2? In other words, what are they required to release? What can they keep closed at will?
by pygy_ 16y ago
What licenses are used in Android beside the kernel's GPLv2? In other words, what are they required to release? What can they keep closed at will?
- derobert 16y agoMost of it uses the Apache Source License 2.0, which doesn't require releasing the source. You can look through http://android.git.kernel.org/ http://android.git.kernel.org/ (especially external) for some others, but they're mostly similar licenses. There are some GPL things in there besides the kernel, and a few of them are probably shipped. I'm not sure how e.g., Motorola is handling this (since they clearly have an obligation to provide the GPL source). See also http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
- wtracy 16y agoMy understanding is that all the exciting changes in Honeycomb involve the user interface, which is all ASL.
- othermaciej 16y agoWebKit is (mostly LGPL v 2.1