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Android is specifically not "GNU/Linux". It's a Linux kernel with an almost entirely custom user land, from the C library up. Sure, some of it is Open Source, s
by jdub 14y ago
Android is specifically not "GNU/Linux". It's a Linux kernel with an almost entirely custom user land, from the C library up. Sure, some of it is Open Source, some of it is even non-Google-created Open Source, but it's knowingly and specifically not "GNU" and/or GPL.
- SlipperySlope 14y agoThanks for correcting me! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html