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The source for AOSP. Individual Android devices have never been open source (minus some very few exceptions), and they have no obligation to do so as AOSP is A
by Ferret7446 2y ago
The source for AOSP. Individual Android devices have never been open source (minus some very few exceptions), and they have no obligation to do so as AOSP is Apache/permissively licensed.
Note that the demand for secrecy is primarily driven by device manufacturers, not Google. Manufacturers want to keep their "secret sauce" from their competitors.
- NoGravitas 2y agoGoogle has gradually been moving things from AOSP (open) to GApps (closed). Some of the things that have been moved are fairly essential for a mobile operating system (like a location provider and a SMS app). Projects building on AOSP now have to provide replacements, or declare them out of scope and punt.