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> My understanding is Google also blocks hardware vendors from working with alternative android based OSes. What right do manufacturers have to reproduce googl
by smokeyj 12y ago
> My understanding is Google also blocks hardware vendors from working with alternative android based OSes.
What right do manufacturers have to reproduce google's code? It's not like those manufacturers can make iOS devices either.
- fragmede 12y agoGoogle granted them that right when they chose the copyleft Apache License v2.0 for the majority of the Android stack which permits such reproduction. The Google apps, Gmail, Maps, etc, are closed source, and cannot be redistributed. https://source.android.com/license.html https://source.android.com/license.html
- smokeyj 12y agoDidn't manufacturers grant google the right to extortion when they licensed g-products? Unless manufacturers are children without the ability to consent to terms I don't see why I should care about their arrangement.