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Does it matter? Google can close source an internal pre-release fork and then make a final set of modifications that will sufficiently deviate it for production

Does it matter? Google can close source an internal pre-release fork and then make a final set of modifications that will sufficiently deviate it for production releases. Isn't the entire business reason behind Fuchsia that Android is a bit "too open source" and they want more control? They are probably going to get some free bugfixes from "enthusiasts" and then close source a sufficient amount of it for "security reasons". Or whatever serves their "not evil" purposes. But at least SOME of the code is in the open.

refulgentis 5y ago
PoignardAzur 5y ago
> Does it matter? I mean... yeah, it does? There's good reason to be suspicious in general, but if any time they do something non-evil the immediate reaction is "okay but this is probably actually evil in some convoluted way", then that suspicion becomes paranoia. Even if they put out closed-source modules like they do with Chrome, having an open-source microkernel with a focus on sandboxing and security, with the resources of a major corporation behind it, is incredibly beneficial for the ecosystem.