> So what i dont get is; some pundits say that android 3.0 is not open > source, and that its not freely available. What is google doing > different with 3.0 that is leading people to make such claims.
Google publicly admitted that Honeycomb is closed source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Licensing ----- Original message ----- > So what i dont get is; some pundits say that android 3.0 is not open > source, and that its not freely available. What is google doing > different with 3.0 that is leading people to make such claims. I > personally have never tried to obtain the source for 3.0 but i may give > it a shot over the weekend as long as this hurricane doesnt land on our > heads friday night > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There is no way they can as we all have access to the source code. The > > source code is free. This is the great thing about software freedom. > > It's not about cost its about freedom to use the code. > > > > At least that's the view of the zealots :-) > > On 4 Aug 2011 22:01, "sanga collins" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The same way they blocked manufactures from accessing android 3.0 by > > setting > > > very high requirements on the device capabilities b4 they would give > > > them the source i guess. Im sure they have a office tower full of > > > lwayers that can find a way. My question was how they would block it > > > but if they would try to find a way to block. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > How could Google block it? They could no more block it than I > > > > could. > > > > > > > > Linux is free software it belongs to no one. > > > > On 4 Aug 2011 21:51, "sanga collins" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Good point Tim, Apple and M$ could just as easily build a device > > > > > and > > put > > > > > android on it as they could their own proprietary OS(s). I saw > > yesterday > > > > > that M$ actually makes more money from Android sales than it > > > > > does from windows phone sales. So i wonder why it hasnt been > > > > > explored by the > > higher > > > > > ups in Redmond. > > > > > > > > > > i would love to see the day (and the reaction) If M$ came out > > > > > with an android phone/device. Do you think google would allow it > > > > > or find a way > > to > > > > > block such a move out of spite? > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Tim Schofield > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dan is right the author of that article is not actually aware > > > > > > of what > > he > > > > is > > > > > > talking about. > > > > > > > > > > > > Google is not dumping Linux on any market. It's not Google's > > > > > > to dump > > or > > > > > > anything else. It is free software, if Apple wanted to they > > > > > > could use > > it > > > > in > > > > > > their phones as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > It really amazes me how these journos can right rubbish like > > > > > > this. On 4 Aug 2011 20:22, "sanga collins" > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Thurrott: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And I’d also point out that Google licenses Android for > > > > > > > free. So by > > > > > > raising > > > > > > > the price of Android by imposing licensing fees on > > > > > > > technologies > > > > Android > > > > > > is > > > > > > > in fact using, Apple, Microsoft, and others are arguably > > > > > > > simply > > > > leveling > > > > > > the > > > > > > > playing field and taking away an artificial Android > > > > > > > advantage, > > forcing > > > > > > the > > > > > > > OS to compete more fairly. Arguably, by “dumping” Android in > > > > > > > the > > > > market > > > > > > at > > > > > > > no cost, Google—which has unlimited cash and can afford to > > > > > > > do such > > a > > > > > > thing — > > > > > > > is behaving in an anticompetitive fashion. In fact, one > > > > > > > could argue > > > > that > > > > > > > Google is using its dominance in search advertising to > > > > > > > unfairly > > gain > > > > > > entry > > > > > > > into another market by giving that new product, Android, > > > > > > > away for > > > > free. > > > > > > Does > > > > > > > this remind you of any famous antitrust case? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Sanga M. Collins > > > > > > > Network Engineering > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > > > > > > > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > 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). 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