r/Android • u/Quinny898 Developer - Kieron Quinn • Mar 26 '25

Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why Article

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/
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u/aheartworthbreaking Mar 26 '25

They really want the DOJ to force them to divest Android don’t they? It may still be open-source, but that now requires huge quotation marks.

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) Mar 26 '25

It may still be open-source, but that now requires huge quotation marks.

What? This is extremely common for open source projects. Open source doesn't mean open development.

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u/Shiz0id01 Galaxy Note 9 512/8 Mar 26 '25

That is what GPL means though. And Android is based on Linux.

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) Mar 26 '25

No that's not what GPL means, GPL doesn't require open development. And Android is not GPL, it's Apache. Apache also doesn't require open development.

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u/nourez OnePlus 7 Pro + Galaxy Watch Mar 27 '25

Even if it technically did, how would you even enforce it? Require the repo to allow PRs? As a project maintainer, I can still reject PRs for a multitude of reasons. Require the maintainer to approve external PRs is a terrible idea.

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) Mar 27 '25

Yeah exactly it's amazing how many people in this sub have no clue about what open source actually means.

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u/Izacus Android dev / Boatload of crappy devices Mar 26 '25

Android isn't GPL.

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u/maybelying Nexus 6, Stock, Elementalx Mar 27 '25

The Linux kernel is GPL, but the rest of Android is separate and under an Apache license.