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A few crucial differences,unlike the other projects you mentioned, Android development happens behind closed doors, no outside patches are ever accepted, and an
by cooldeal 14y ago
A few crucial differences,unlike the other projects you mentioned, Android development happens behind closed doors, no outside patches are ever accepted, and an OEM is specially picked for exclusive early access to a new release and the others and CM are left scrambling to update their devices if they fork too much. Not to mention, Google apps and the marketplace is neither free or Free.
Even Windows betas are distributed to all OEMs equally with no special treatment.
- rbanffy 14y ago> unlike the other projects you mentioned, Android development happens behind closed doors, That doesn't make it any less free than any other project. This is a governance issue, nothing more. If you get an Android handset you're able to download all parts of Android that went into it. Software freedom is not about getting access to unreleased software.