For 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://fos

For 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