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this ends android as an open source project frankly, open source means freedom to fork, end of story.
by throwaway64 14y ago
this ends android as an open source project frankly, open source means freedom to fork, end of story.
- CookWithMe 14y agoNo, but it's complicated. You can fork the android source which is under the Apache 2 license: http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html If you want to use the Android SDK (this includes additionally Google APIs), you have to agree to this license: http://developer.android.com/sdk/terms.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/terms.html This is also needed to release your App in the Play store. Someone has argued source.android.com should be given a different name, similar to chromium and chrome. I think that would clear things up, too.
- esolyt 14y agoNot at all. This isn't about forking Android. People who fork Android wouldn't really benefit from offering a separate SDK anyway. They would want to take advantage of the existing app ecosystem and preserve compatibility, just like Amazon is doing with Kindle Fire.
- bookwormAT 14y agoA fork means that you offer an incompatible SDK. What Amazon does is not forking the SDK, but using it.