I had doubted you re GNU libc not being included in Android. But it appears you are right: http://thoth.eng.temple.edu/?p=139 That is a lot of work to do to avoid publishing the source code! Even famous-for-lock-down Apple includes GNU libc.
P. On Jul 29, 2011, at 01:59, Dan Carpenter wrote: > Android only uses the Linux kernel. They threw out everything else > about linux, like the gnu C library and every linux program. They > wrote their own replacements for that which are licensed under the > Apache license. > > The Apache license doesn't require people to pass along the software. > > The most recent version of Android, Honeycomb, was announced in May > this year. It's not used on phones, only on tablets. Google is not > going to release the source for it. > > Google is going to release the source for the next version "Ice > Cream Sandwich" which merges the phone and the tablet software. It's > going to be released later this year. > > But for all the Android products, they do have to share the kernel > sourse. > > regards, > dan carpenter > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
