Nemeski to [email protected]English • 1 month agoExclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's whywww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up172cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoWell if they move large portions of the project to closed source aosp would have to diverge if google isn’t going to give them the code.
minus-squareSplendid4117linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoGoogle is still planning on giving them the code; that’s in the article
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoNobody’s saying that Google won’t give them the code, though. Nothing is moving to closed source, Google just isn’t going to be showing the current work-in-progress code for the next release to the public.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoAndroid is GPL so I don’t see how that would really work Although they could pull a Red Hat
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoRed hat got away with it so I imagine more companies will, google included.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI really hope the courts put a stop to it at some point. There are a few active cases at the moment and US courts historically have backed the GPL.
Well if they move large portions of the project to closed source aosp would have to diverge if google isn’t going to give them the code.
Google is still planning on giving them the code; that’s in the article
I’m sure that’ll change.
Nobody’s saying that Google won’t give them the code, though. Nothing is moving to closed source, Google just isn’t going to be showing the current work-in-progress code for the next release to the public.
Android is GPL so I don’t see how that would really work
Although they could pull a Red Hat
Red hat got away with it so I imagine more companies will, google included.
I really hope the courts put a stop to it at some point. There are a few active cases at the moment and US courts historically have backed the GPL.