With a permissively licensed chip running a permissively licensed Fuchsia kernel and the permissively licensed Android runtime atop that, Google can finally exp

With a permissively licensed chip running a permissively licensed Fuchsia kernel and the permissively licensed Android runtime atop that, Google can finally explicitly slam the door on people who think they get to contribute to Google projects, which should save a ton of money over the bureaucratic-slow-march approach they take today. Because vendors won't have to release device kernels any more, and will be able to use arbitrary ISA extensions they're under no impulse to distribute, the industry will achieve the ultimate nirvana last enjoyed by AT&T before the breakup -- this hardware is not yours, we will not be releasing technical information about it, and God help you if we catch you opening it up! It's been a long road but I really think we'll see the return of the "no user serviceable parts inside" sticker, only for phone software this time around.