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Does Google have a "Powered by Android" licensing scheme like what the Mozilla foundation has for Firefox's source?
by cube13 14y ago
Does Google have a "Powered by Android" licensing scheme like what the Mozilla foundation has for Firefox's source?
- mtgx 14y agoI doubt it, but I wish they did. I think the Chrome/Chromium model is perfect for a corporation wanting to use open source and give back, while in the same time keeping full control of their software. I wish Android worked like Chrome and Chromium. There should've been a version (Chromium-like) that manufacturers could use and do anything they wanted with it, and a version (Chrome-like) that could only be modified by Google alone, and be the only version Google actually promotes. They're sort of doing it with the "Google experience" Nexus devices, but that seems more like an afterthought more than something that was thought up from the beginning and as main strategy.
- DannyBee 14y agoSee the link i posted above :)
- Zigurd 14y agoThe most accurate comparison might be with Microsoft's "Signature" line of PCs sold at Microsoft stores. They carry OEM branding, but no craplets or OEM mods. Instead of trying to build a Nexus brand, it might be more effective for Google to emulate the Signature program.