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"Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android “Android”,
including all the core platform components and libraries needed to
port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used,
industry standard licenses, says Google."
[url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=579&tag=nl.e539[/url]
-RFH
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>"Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in message
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>"Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android “Android”,
>including all the core platform components and libraries needed to
>port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used,
>industry standard licenses, says Google."
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>[url]http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=579&tag=nl.e539[/url]
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>-RFH[/color]
Except for the secret API's and parts that Google won't open source.
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While Google encourages everyone to make their own code open if possible, it’s
not required by the license. Even Google plans to make a few of their
applications closed-source, including their GMail application.
A Google employee I talked to felt the need to apologize for this. “We’re
not holding it back for any nefarious purpose,” says Dick Wall on the
Android team. “We’re simply not ready to publish the API that talks to the
back end server.”
</quote>
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"Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in message
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So what the hell over happened with that OpenMoko phone that was supposed to
be completely open?
Did that go the way of most OSS projects like the open video card and open
TV tuner card and simply vanish off the face of the earth?
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