Android (one of the "walled gardens") has done nothing but make the linux kernel more popular. While I'm with you in that I'm not really interested in Ubuntu or

Android (one of the "walled gardens") has done nothing but make the linux kernel more popular. While I'm with you in that I'm not really interested in Ubuntu or this "app store", I realize I am not their target audience. This could actually be a big help to OSS if the SDK was GPL'd, however I have a feeling they will go the way of Google and pick a permissive license.