On 6 August 2011 23:16, Markus A. Wipfler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Android is release under the Apache 2.0 software license, so legally speaking 
> it is Open Source Software.
>
> Practically speaking you can go and do this:
>
> mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u 
> git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make


Unfortunately that will only get you as far as "Gingerbread", not
"Honeycomb", not until after "Icecream sandwich" comes out at least
(if GOOG is to be believed).
That is why the news that ASUS released the kernel code for their
device made news.

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Hari
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Hari
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