Google does open source Android. The point is about when they make a public release of the source. They are only obliged to release the source when they relea

Google does open source Android. The point is about when they make a public release of the source. They are only obliged to release the source when they release the code to the public, and the point is that they don't do this any earlier than they have to. This does make the Android development process less than open. It does not stop Android being open source. The relationship to the court case is that Google's development process is very much at question in the issue of whether there is a violation of Oracle's IP.