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Most (all?) the drivers will be closed source since the license allows it.
by ognarb 5y ago
Most (all?) the drivers will be closed source since the license allows it.
- Google234 5y agoAt least they won’t break with every minor update.
- fabrice_d 5y agoUnless the OEMs customize the whole stack to only allow the kernel to talk to their drivers. That is only enforceable by legal constraints from Google akin to the CTS [0]. [0] https://source.android.com/compatibility/cts https://source.android.com/compatibility/cts
- posguy 5y agoWorse yet, the OS itself is non-GPL, an OEM can modify Fuchsia outside just the drivers to support their device (eg: create a board support package) and never release their modifications to their customers, meaning the community can't compile their own updates to the software running on the device (worse than our current Android situation).