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>despite Google's insistence that Android is open, I don't think we've seen the Honeycomb source code yet The word "yet" is mildly disingenuous. No one is wai
by starwed 15y ago
>despite Google's insistence that Android is open, I don't think we've seen the Honeycomb source code yet
The word "yet" is mildly disingenuous. No one is waiting for them to do that -- google said a while ago that it wouldn't happen, but that they would release the source to Ice Cream Sandwich.
- listic 15y agoHow can Google get away with not publishing GPL-derivative code from the legal point of view?
- arjunnarayan 15y agoBecause it's not GPL-derivative code? http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
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- mhw 15y agoFor those parts of the system that are GPL licensed, they (or the handset manufacturers who are distributing the compiled code) shouldn't be able to: http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-android-vendors-lost-their-linux.html http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-android-vendors... From the article, nice list of Android tablets showing those that comply with the GPL: http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/android_tablets/ http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/android_tablets/ - a small proportion of the list are marked compliant, but most of the big names seem to be there. Posted earlier, but not enough votes: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2885787 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2885787
- icebraining 15y agoGoogle doesn't have to as long as they don't distribute binaries. The liable ones are probably the phone manufacturers. But only the copyright holders can sue anyway, and I don't see that happening.
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- starwed 15y agoHeh, you probably didn't intend it that way, but this is totally a "When did you stop beating your wife?" style question. And yeah, they publish all the GPL-derivatives like the underlying kernel, but not the stuff that makes Android Android.