Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 10:41 AM UTC

hetman wrote: post #75

zobzu wrote: post #45

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Actually until Google releases the source you can never be sure if they're going to release it. They release this time.. you and I can only hope that they keep doing it in the future. It wouldn't be all that surprising if it would go closed source (except for key partners) at some point (and except for the GPL content). Specially when any company could just rip the source, make it nicer looking and release their own…

I'd like to understand why Google didn't use a copyleft licence.

Post by wgren » Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 11:37 AM UTC

greyish_water wrote: post #87

cppsnob wrote: post #83

Related: how's Apple's "open" FaceTime specification coming along? Still waiting on just the specification here. Not even code.

Troll. (Edit: You'll downvote me, but not the troll? WTF?)

Post by pingswept » Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 12:37 PM UTC

dtparr wrote: post #78

pingswept wrote: post #64

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I hadn't heard that. Is that verifiable by any means at this point? It still doesn't justify the "open source" moniker, but it's still good.

I suppose they could have backdated google groups, but here is JBQ's announcement of the 3.2 GPL's parts being released in July. http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/6410b447... And here's a thread discussing building the 3.1 GPL'd code in May. http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_threa...

Post by Andrex » Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 12:45 PM UTC

Maakuth wrote: post #99

chimeracoder wrote: post #28

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Unfortunately the two systems are very different and largely incompatible. Merging them would not be impossible, but it's not easy.

I don't know about that. Certainly there are large differences under the hood, but isn't Chrome OS just supposed to run browser apps really well? I don't think that's a very hard compatibility measure for Android to match.

Post by vgrichina » Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 1:34 PM UTC

vog wrote: post #104

vog wrote: post #91

Many thanks to http://gpl-violations.org/ ! Without their pressure this would have taken considerably longer. (Or wouldn't have happened at all?)

To the person who downvoted this comment: Could you explain what's wrong with it?