Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 days agoExclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's whywww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up172cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up172external-linkExclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's whywww.androidauthority.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareeric5949@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days 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-squareSplendid4117@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoGoogle is still planning on giving them the code; that’s in the article
minus-squareMarkaos@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days 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 linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoAndroid is GPL so I don’t see how that would really work Although they could pull a Red Hat
minus-squareeric5949@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoRed hat got away with it so I imagine more companies will, google included.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days 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.